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OH WILLIAM! - ELIZABETH STROUT KARTONIERT (TB)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe 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 JudgesElizabeth Strout's new novel Tell Me Everything is available for
pre-order now!

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