a big storm knocked it over: a novel  <p><strong>“laurie colwin’s beautiful final book, <em>a big storm knocked it over</em>, is funny and moving and rich with complicated happiness—a love story for anyone who tends to overthink things, a comic novel about trying to find a place in the world.” — maile meloy, author of <em>both ways is the only way i want it</em></strong></p> <p>in her fifth and final novel, acclaimed author laurie colwin explores marriage and friendship, motherhood and careers, as experienced by a cast of delightfully idiosyncratic manhattanites. at once a hilarious social commentary and an insightful, sophisticated modern romance, <em>a big storm knocked it over</em> stands as a living tribute to one of contemporary fiction’s most original voices.</p>