This is my second book by Elizabeth Strout and I enjoyed this much more than Oh William, and I think it’s because I was already familiar with the characters and her very unique writing style. Lucy is skeptical but eventually agrees to go with William to a small town on the coast of Maine for the duration of the virus. Her ex-husband William calls her and tells her he wants to take her out of the city, to Maine, in order to avoid the new virus that is just starting to spread in New York City. Lucy Barton is still grieving her husband, David’s death almost a year ago. Lucy by the Sea is a fascinating look into a divorced couple and their experience with the COVID pandemic and lockdown. This can be read as a standalone but is so much better if you read the previous books in the series. Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout is the fourth book in her popular Amgash series. At the heart of this story are the deep human connections that unite us even when we’re apart-the pain of a beloved daughter’s suffering, the emptiness that comes from the death of a loved one, the promise of a new friendship, and the comfort of an old, enduring love. Rich with empathy and emotion, Lucy by the Sea vividly captures the fear and struggles that come with isolation, as well as the hope, peace, and possibilities that those long, quiet days can inspire. For the next several months, it’s just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the moody, swirling sea.

With her trademark spare, crystalline prose-a voice infused with “intimate, fragile, desperate humanness” ( The Washington Post)-Elizabeth Strout turns her exquisitely tuned eye to the inner workings of the human heart, following the indomitable heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton through the early days of the pandemic.Īs a panicked world goes into lockdown, Lucy Barton is uprooted from her life in Manhattan and bundled away to a small town in Maine by her ex-husband and on-again, off-again friend, William.

This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.***įrom Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout comes a poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown-and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart. ***I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. Genres: Fiction / Family Life / General, Fiction / Literary, Fiction / Sagas Purchase Here Buy on Amazon US - Buy on Apple - Buy on Kobo - Buy on Google - Buy at Barnes and Noble - Buy on Waterstones - Buy on Audible - Buy on Amazon UK Published by Random House Publishing Group

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