Another Marvelous Thing

A romantic comedy of the very highest order: the story of an affair between two improbable lovers, from the acclaimed author of Home Cooking.

"Billy" Delielle and Francis Clemens are both happily married, just not to each other. Another Marvelous Thing is the story of their affair--told from their alternating perspectives across eight short stories--from beginning to end. Economists with little else--age, interests, aspirations--in common, Billy and Francis prove that opposites really do attract, embarking on a whirlwind romance that will shape both of their lives in this frank, funny, and razor-sharp examination of the curious desires of the heart.

Laurie Colwin is the author of five novels--Happy All the Time; Family Happiness; Goodbye Without Leaving; A Big Storm Knocked It Over; and Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object--three collections of short stories--Passion and Affect; The Lone Pilgrim; and Another Marvelous Thing--and two collections of essays, Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. Colwin died in 1992.