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New York Times Bestseller • Oopra’s Book Club Pick • Pulitzer Award winning writer Elizabeth Strout comes from new friendship, old love, and a very human desire to leave a mark on the world, the “stner” (people) of a novel.
“Tell me that everything is a hit like a booksolic lobe. A novel of mood, how they control our personal life and public places, are reflected in the flicker technique of Strout.” – Washington Post
Shortlist for Women’s Award for Story • One Best Book of the Year: Time, NPR, Vogue, Parade
With its remarkable insight into the human situation and silence, which contains multitude, Elizabeth Strout Crossbie returns to the city of Main, and for her beloved artists of characters – Lucker Burton, Olive Kitries, Bob Burges, and more – as they deal with a stunning crime in their middle, which fall into love, which falls in love,
This is the autumn in the main, and the city’s lawyer Bob Burges has joined the investigation of an unforgettable murder, defending an alone, isolated person accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and disgusting friendship with a acclaimed writer Lucy Barton, who lives on the road in a house along the sea with her ex -husband William. Together, Lucy and Bob go and talk about their lives, their fear and regrets, and what can happen. Meanwhile, Lucy is eventually introduced to the iconic olive kitries, which now lives in a retirement community on the banks of the city. They spend the afternoon in Olive’s apartment, telling each other’s stories. Stories about those that they know – “uncontrolled life,” olives call them – reviving them, and, in this process, apply their lives with meaning.
With sympathy and Pathos, tell me that everything Elizabeth Strout is working at the height of its powers, illuminating ways in which our relationships protect us. As Lucy says, “Love comes in so many different forms, but it always loves.”
Publisher
Asin: B0CRV8hxjx
Publisher: Random House (10 September, 2024)
Publication date: September 10, 2024
language English
File Size: 1.1 MB
Text-to-speech: competent
Screen reader: Supported
Increased Typesetting: Competent
X-ray: competent
Word War: Competent
Print Length: 327 page
Customers say
Customers praise the book’s storytelling quality, with one noting how it weaves together remarkable tales of ordinary people. The writing receives positive feedback for being simple and delicious, while customers appreciate the deep understanding of the human heart and profound truths illustrated throughout. Customers find the characters rich and relatable, with one review highlighting how they recur from book to book. The pacing receives mixed reactions, with some finding it moving while others describe it as strange.
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