Criticism

Davenport, Gary. "The Two Worlds of Contemporary American Fiction." Sewanee Review 92, No. 1 (January 1984): 128-36.

Contends that "except for occasional and slight traces of glibness Family Happiness bears witness to Laurie Colwin's continuing development as one of our most consistently intelligent and engaging novelists."

Duguid, Lindsay. "A Civilized Affair." Times Literary Supplement, No. 4377 (27 February 1987): 206.

Mixed review of Another Marvelous Thing.

Eder, Richard. "First the Rhythm, Then the Blues." Los Angeles Times Book Review (6 May 1990): 3, 18.

Summarizes the plot of Goodbye without Leaving.

Olshan, Joseph. "I Was a White Shakette." New York Times Book Review (13 May 1990): 12.

Praises the style of Goodbye without Leaving, asserting that Colwin "is able to lend a comic voice to some rumbling social issues that would probably drown out a more conventional writer."

Thorne, John. "A Friend Indeed." Book World—The Washington Post 50, No. 50 (11 December 1988): 10.

Positive assessment of Home Cooking.

Yardley, Jonathan. "Anna Karenina Comes to Manhattan." Book World—The Washington Post 12, No. 37 (12 September 1982): 3, 8.

Laudatory review of Family Happiness.