Oh William!

<p><b>THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-longlisted, bestselling author returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about love, loss, and… Lue lisää <p><b>THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

The 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.

<i>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. <i> 'This is the way of life,' Lucy says. <i>'The many things we do not know until it is too late. '

<b>'Elizabeth Strout is one of my very favourite writers, so the fact that <i>Oh William! may well be my favorite of her books is a mathematical equation for joy. The depth, complexity, and love contained in these pages is a miraculous achievement' Ann Patchett

<b>'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' <b>Hilary Mantel
'<b>A terrific writer' <b>Zadie Smith<b>
'She gets better with each book' Maggie O'Farrell
<b>'Miraculous' <i>Guardian

<b>'Brilliant' <i>Sunday Times
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'A majestic book. <b>I do not know any other writer who can portray life in this way' Rachel Joyce
<b>'I cannot get Lucy Barton out of my head' <i>The Times

<b> 'An absolute delight of a book' Claire Fuller<b>
'A wonderful book' Emma Healey