by Elizabeth Strout
This book is like people watching. Thouroughly entertaining glimpes into peoples lives. We don't get the full story but we get all we need and there is room for speculation about the lives of the characters after we leave them.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this novel is how readable it is. I found myself having to ration out the book so that I wouldn't consume it in a single sitting. Yet this isn't page-turning in the conventional sense. There's no complex and clever plot to unravel, no sense of threat or intr...
I will preface this, in an attempt at full disclosure, by admitting I am a fan of Elizabeth Strout. I heard her speak at our library lunch after Olive Kittredge came out, and at the time I was not sure if she would be able to top the success of that book. At the event, I grabbed copies of Amy & Isab...
This is a lovely collection of interrelated short stories. It begins in Amgash, Illinois, the hometown of Lucy Barton, and when it ventures further afield, it’s to follow characters whose stories are suggested by the previous ones. The protagonists are mostly older people – grandparents or old enoug...
Anything is Possible, Elizabeth Strout, author; Kimberly Farr, narrator In this novel, the author has continued the saga of “Lucy Barton”, the title and character in her book of the same name, but it is now decades later. Lucy was raised in Amgash, Illinois, a small town with neighbors that seemed o...
By: Elizabeth Strout ISBN: 9780812989403 Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 4/25/2017 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars + From the author of My Name is Lucy Barton and the smashing hit Olive Kitteridge the HBO mini-series starring Frances McDormand (I loved) — Elizabeth Strout once ag...
I did not read "My Name is Lucy Barton" but I want to now. I got a glimpse into her life from this book but not a lot. This book was about the characters that were in Lucy Barton's hometown. They were quite the crew. The majority of the book was about and written from Tom the janitor's point of view...
A special thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Strout is simply a gift. Her writing is breathtaking, gorgeous, and heartbreaking. Written in tandem with My Name Is Lucy Barton, Strout draws on the small-town characters that Lucy and her mother...
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