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Elizabeth Strout
A hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker Prize shortlisted author…
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Olive Kitteridge might be described by some as a battle axe or as brilliantly pushy, by others as the kindest person they had ever met. Olive herself has always been…
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Rich with empathy and a searing clarity, Lucy by the Sea evokes the fragility and uncertainty of the recent past, as well as the possibilities that those long, quiet days…
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From Lucy’s hospital bed, we are drawn ever more deeply into the emotional complexity of family life, the inescapable power of the past, and the memories - however painful -…
An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling and Man Booker long-listed author of My Name is Lucy Barton.
A New York Times-bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, who struggles to understand not only herself and her own life but the…
From the Orange Prize-shortlisted author of Amy & Isabelle, this is a startlingly beautiful novel about love and abandonment, faith and hypocrisy; and the peril of family secrets…
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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…
Elizabeth Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters -- Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess, and more -- as they deal with…
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The compassionate, striking and exquisitely written debut novel of Booker-shortlisted writer Elizabeth Strout
Acclaimed author Elizabeth Strout gives us thirteen rich, luminous narratives centred on a singular and formidable heroine, Olive Kitteridge.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a "stunner" (People) of a novel about new friendships, old loves, and the…
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Two brothers' lives are irrevocably altered when their 19-year-old nephew is embroiled in a scandal of his own making
From the Orange Prize-shortlisted author of AMY & ISABELLE, a deeply moving story of love, abandonment, and the peril of family secrets...
Compassionate, striking and exquisitely written, Pulitzer prizewinner Elizabeth Strout’s debut was shortlisted for the Orange prize
From Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout, comes Lucy by the Sea, a novel featuring Lucy Barton, the indomitable heroine of My Name is Lucy…
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Michelle Johnston
Miracles are notoriously unreliable. But sometimes, just when they're needed, they turn up - although not always in the form that we expect ...
In her luminous and long-awaited new novel, bestselling author Strout welcomes readers back to the archetypal, lovely landscape of northern New England, where the events of her first novel, Amy…
The acclaimed author of Olive Kitteridge returns with a stunning novel as powerful and moving as any work in contemporary literature. Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father…
Cesare Pavese
In 1930s Italy a young girl falls in love for the first time, with devastating consequences; introduction by Elizabeth Strout
‘Life was a perpetual holiday in those days…’
It’s the…
Katherine Montwieler
In this first study of novelist Elizabeth Strout’s best-selling works, Katherine Montwieler reveals how Strout’s voice, characters, and themes generate a powerful empathic response among mainstream readers-mostly women-that elite scholars…
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of My Name is Lucy Barton and Olive Kitteridge comes a "poised and moving" (Vogue) novel about a divorced couple…
Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition - its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.
Strout’s iconic heroine Lucy Barton recounts her complex, tender relationship with William, her first husband–and longtime, on-again-off-again friend and confidante –
Korean edition of [Olive, Again] by Elizabeth Strout. New York Times Bestseller. Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved [Olive Kitteridge], a character who has captured…
As a panicked world goes into lockdown, Lucy Barton is uprooted from her life in Manhattan and bundled away to a small town in Maine by her ex-husband and on-again…
When Amy Goodrow, a shy high school student, falls in love with her math teacher, the love affair threatens the intimate relationship between Amy and her mother, Isabelle, whose feelings…
From Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout comes a poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown-and the love, loss, despair, and hope…
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Includes a reading group guide with author interview and discussion questions.
New York Times bestselling author Strout binds together 13 rich, luminous narratives through the presence of one larger-than-life, unforgettable character: Olive Kitteridge, who offers profound insights into the human condition.
Un libro del que no se sale, hermoso, doloroso, ironico y profundo como las historias de Lucia Berlin o Alice Munro, por la ganadora del Premio Pulitzer y el Premi…
Olive Kitteridge, a retired teacher, deplores the changes taking place in her little town of Crosby, Maine.
Whizbooks
Summary of My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout: Trivia/Quiz for Fans Features You’ll Discover Inside: - A comprehensive guide to aid in discussion and discovery -…
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Edith Wharton
This edition presents Wharton’s two most controversial stories, which she considered inseperable, in one volume for the first time. Set in frigid New England, both deal with sexual awakening and…
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Frederick Busch
A selection of short stories from a twentieth-century American master (Dan Cryer, Newsday).
Rona Munro, Elizabeth Strout
"Lucy Barton wakes after an operation to discover - much to her surprise - her mother at the foot of her bed. They haven't seen each other in years. During…
