Présentation de l'éditeur In this engaging collection of stories, a diverse and colorful cast of characters explore the absurd nature of urban adulthood and try to make sense of their lives and its everyday pressures. Biographie de l'auteur Laurie Colwin is the author of five novels: Happy All the Time; Family Happiness; Goodbye Without Leaving; Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object; and A Big Storm Knocked It Over; three collections of short stories: Passion and Affect, Another Marvelous Thing, and The Lone Pilgrim; and two collections of essays: Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. She died in 1992.