EAN: 9780241992210

OH WILLIAM! - ELIZABETH STROUT KARTONIERT (TB)

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!

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