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“Elizabeth Strout’s prose is so calmly, naively beguiling. The apparently simplicity of her language, the informality of the address to the reader takes you immediately into a dialogue with a character. What we admired enormously was the complexity with which the reader comes to see how little Lucy understands herself. The process of watching somebody in late middle age, rethinking their understanding of who they have been, who they are, and what they might be.” Read more...
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I should also note that Elizabeth Strout is due to publish Oh William!, in which the title character of My Name is Lucy Barton reconnects with her ex-husband (Oct 19/Oct 21). It’s garnered advance praise from such luminaries as Hilary Mantel, Anne Patchett, Zadie Smith and Maggie O’Farrell.
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