SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 THE TOP 10 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. 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 for pre-order now!
