From the Pulitzer prize-winning author of MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON
In March 2020 Lucy’s ex-husband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house he has rented in Maine. Lucy reluctantly agrees, leaving the washing-up in the sink, expecting to be back in a week or two. Weeks turn into months, and it’s just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the sea.
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 can inspire. At the heart of this miraculous novel are the deep human connections that sustain us, even as the world seems to be falling apart.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Imprint: Viking Penguin
Publication date: 14/09/2023
Series: Lucy Barton v4
Lucy by the Sea
by Elizabeth Strout
Review by Bel
Lucy Barton is one of my favourite characters of all time. From the first page she chats to you like an old friend – describing the death of her husband, her adult daughters, love and ageing, her childhood poverty, her writing life and, in this fourth book in the Lucy Barton series (you don’t need to have read the others), the arrival of Covid in New York, where she lives. The intimacy and nuances of her observations of people and the times are just exquisite – profound, funny, humble and wise. I will re-read Elizabeth Strout to the end of my days.
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