Oh William!
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022
Elizabeth Strout
- SHORTLISTED
- FOR
- THE
- BOOKER
- PRIZE
- 2022
**THE
- TOP
- 10
- SUNDAY
- TIMES
- BESTSELLERThe
- Pulitzer
- Prize-winning,
- Booker-longlisted,
- bestselling
- author
- returns
- to
- her
- beloved
- heroine
- Lucy
- Barton
- in
- a
- luminous
- novel
- about
- love,
- loss,
- and
- the
- family
- secrets
- that
- can
- erupt
- and
- bewilder
- us
- at
- any
- point
- in
- life**Lucy
- Barton
- is
- a
- successful
- writer
- living
- in
- New
- York,
- navigating
- the
- second
- half
- of
- her
- life
- as
- a
- recent
- widow
- and
- parent
- to
- two
- adult
- daughters.
- A
- surprise
- encounter
- leads
- her
- to
- reconnect
- with
- William,
- her
- first
- husband
- -
- and
- longtime,
- on-again-off-again
- friend
- and
- confidante.
- Recalling
- their
- college
- years,
- the
- birth
- of
- their
- daughters,
- the
- painful
- dissolution
- of
- their
- marriage,
- and
- the
- lives
- they
- built
- with
- other
- people,
- Strout
- weaves
- a
- portrait,
- stunning
- in
- its
- subtlety,
- of
- a
- tender,
- complex,
- decades-long
- partnership.Oh
- William!
- captures
- the
- joy
- and
- sorrow
- of
- watching
- children
- grow
- up
- and
- start
- families
- of
- their
- own;
- of
- discovering
- family
- secrets,
- late
- in
- life,
- that
- alter
- everything
- we
- think
- we
- know
- about
- those
- closest
- to
- us;
- and
- the
- way
- people
- live
- and
- love,
- against
- all
- odds.
- At
- the
- heart
- of
- this
- story
- is
- the
- unforgettable,
- indomitable
- voice
- of
- Lucy
- Barton,
- who
- once
- again
- offers
- a
- profound,
- lasting
- reflection
- on
- the
- mystery
- of
- existence.
- 'This
- is
- the
- way
- of
- life,'
- Lucy
- says.
- 'The
- many
- things
- we
- do
- not
- know
- until
- it
- is
- too
- late.''A
- superbly
- gifted
- storyteller
- and
- a
- craftswoman
- in
- a
- league
- of
- her
- own'
- Hilary
- Mantel'A
- terrific
- writer'
- Zadie
- Smith**'She
- gets
- better
- with
- each
- book'
- Maggie
- O'Farrell'One
- of
- America's
- finest
- writers'
- Sunday
- Times'This
- is
- meticulously
- observed
- writing,
- full
- of
- probing
- psychological
- insight.
- Lucy
- Barton
- is
- one
- of
- literature's
- immortal
- characters-brittle,
- damaged,
- unravelling,
- vulnerable
- and,
- most
- of
- all,
- ordinary-like
- us
- all'
- Booker
- Prize
- Judges**Elizabeth
- Strout's
- new
- novel
- Tell
- Me
- Everything
- is
- available now!
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