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    Family Happiness: A Novel
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    Family Happiness: A Novel

    By Laurie Colwin

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    “If anyone wrote eloquently and magnificently about affairs of the heart, it was Laurie Colwin.” —San Francisco Chronicle 

    At first glance, Polly Solo-Miller Demarest appears to have it all. The only daughter of a distinguished and close-knit family, she marries a handsome lawyer named Henry (just like her father and brother) and has two adorable and well-behaved children, Pete and Dee-Dee. She lives in a comfortable Park Avenue apartment, works three days a week in a rewarding job at the Board of Education, and spends every August in Maine. People regularly tell her, with admiration and envy, that she has life aced.

    What no one suspects is that this perfect daughter, wife, and mother, always so eager to see to the happiness of others, would be willing to risk everything for love. From the moment she encounters his beautiful portraits in a group show, Polly cannot get Lincoln Bennett out of her mind. Soon she and the solitary, kindhearted painter are wrapped up in a deep and thrilling romance, and Polly has never felt more euphoric—or more terrified. Previously she divided women into two groups—those who have affairs and those who do not—and placed herself firmly in the latter category. How could she have been so wrong? And what does her passion for Lincoln say about the genuine pleasure she takes in her marriage and her family?

    A sophisticated, sincere, and ultimately hopeful novel about the search for fulfillment, Family Happiness is a testament to the clarity of Laurie Colwin’s vision and the elegance of her craft.

    This ebook features an illustrated biography of Laurie Colwin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Media
    Release dateNov 18, 2014
    ISBN9781497673779
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    Family Happiness: A Novel
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    Laurie Colwin

    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.

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      A missile is launched from a suburban military location that obliterates the oval office and leaves the president of the US dead. Several other influential financial and political representatives are all murdered nearly simultaneously. The only clue left behind are two words scribbled on a piece of paper: "See Scalar". Travis Chase and Paige Campbell set out on a mission to decode the meaning of this message and quickly find themselves unraveling a secret that will change the world forever.Deep Sky, by Patrick Lee, is the last book in the Breach Trilogy and it provides sufficient closure to the series. I would highly recommend starting the series from the beginning with "The Breach" as this particular novel is built upon its successors. Highly recommended for those looking for an exciting and highly imaginative thriller.