Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: The Spirit of Laurie Colwin

Cheryl Mendelson, best known for her book on housekeeping, Home Comforts, has written a book to gladen the hearts of fans of the late Laurie Colwin. Set in and around the Columbia University area of NYC, the book accurately captures the changing texture of life in that neigborhood in the late 90's. The characters are generally endearing, and the endings generally happy, with just enough bittersweet in the mix to keep the story from becomng too cloying. The story includes topics dear to New Yorker's heart--real estate, legal manuvers, psychiatrists and the performing arts. This is the first volume of a proposed trilogy; I can't wait for the next installment!