‘Breathtaking, moving and very funny’ Brandon Taylor
Olly is twenty-one when she first meets Sam Bax. Fearless, goofy and risk-taking, he arrives in her life on the back of a huge motorcycle. By the end of the day, the pair are kissing in an apple orchard. A year later, they are married.
Five years after that, Sam has sailed into a storm and Olly is a widow at twenty-seven, left to grieve her impetuous, irresistible husband and deal with a world that treats her like a piece of antique glass.
But as time passes, she realises that her risks are as daring as any of Sam’s: while he chanced life and limb, Olly risks her heart – and finds that love can take some surprising turns.
With humour, compassion and a decided lack of sentimentality, this is the wise and witty story of a woman trying to find her future, from the beloved Laurie Colwin.
A W&N Essential with an introduction from Brandon Taylor
Olly is twenty-one when she first meets Sam Bax. Fearless, goofy and risk-taking, he arrives in her life on the back of a huge motorcycle. By the end of the day, the pair are kissing in an apple orchard. A year later, they are married.
Five years after that, Sam has sailed into a storm and Olly is a widow at twenty-seven, left to grieve her impetuous, irresistible husband and deal with a world that treats her like a piece of antique glass.
But as time passes, she realises that her risks are as daring as any of Sam’s: while he chanced life and limb, Olly risks her heart – and finds that love can take some surprising turns.
With humour, compassion and a decided lack of sentimentality, this is the wise and witty story of a woman trying to find her future, from the beloved Laurie Colwin.
A W&N Essential with an introduction from Brandon Taylor
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Reviews
Deep and rich as a long-simmered broth. To redirect its title somewhat, Shine on, Bright and Gifted Writer
Delights the mind as it touches the heart. Colwin is one of the golden few who can't, apparently, put a foot wrong
Breathtaking, moving and very funny
I have loved Laurie Colwin's work for forty-some years, all of it, every honest, deep, friendly, funny, heartbreaking, hopeful word
An infallible recipe for happiness: read as much Laurie Colwin as you can
