A divorced couple are stuck together during lockdown. As a panicked world goes into lockdown, Lucy Barton (the indomitable heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton) is uprooted from her life in Manhattan and bundled away to a small town in Maine by William, who is her ex-husband and sometimes her friend. For the next several months, it’s just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the sea. The novel captures the fear and struggles that come with isolation, as well as the hope, peace, and possibilities that those long, quiet days can inspire. At the heart of this story are the deep human connections that unite us even when we’re apart, like the pain of a beloved daughter’s suffering and the emptiness that comes from the death of a loved one. I've enjoyed other books by this author, so I'm looking forward to this one.
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I haven't quite figured out if Elizabeth Strout's books work for me or not. It's an odd feeling to not be sure.
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