Bøger af Elizabeth Strout

Lucy er i 60’erne og har for nylig mistet sin anden mand, David. I kølvandet på tabet tænker hun tilbage på ægteskabet med ham, men også med sin første mand, William. Omvæltningerne står i kø for William: Han lider af frygtelige mareridtslignende tilstande, hans tredje hustru forlader ham, ligesom de to foregående har gjort, han har mistet troen på sit arbejde, og hans mor viser sig at have et barn, som han aldrig har kendt til. Sammen tager Lucy og William på en rejse tilbage til Williams rødder og den søster, han aldrig har kendt til.Åh William! er Elizabeth Strouts tredje, selvstændige roman om Lucy Barton. Det er en roman om at finde og miste livets store kærlighed og om de dybe spor livets tætte relationer sætter i os.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout explores the mysteries of marriage and the secrets we keep, as a former couple reckons with where they’ve come from—and what they’ve left behind. BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “Elizabeth Strout is one of my very favorite writers, so the fact that Oh William! may well be my favorite of her books is a mathematical equation for joy. The depth, complexity, and love contained in these pages is a miraculous achievement.”—Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch HouseI would like to say a few things about my first husband, William. Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. William, she confesses, has always been a mystery to me. Another mystery is why the two have remained connected after all these years. They just are. So Lucy is both surprised and not surprised when William asks her to join him on a trip to investigate a recently uncovered family secret—one of those secrets that rearrange everything we think we know about the people closest to us. What happens next is nothing less than another example of what Hilary Mantel has called Elizabeth Strout’s “perfect attunement to the human condition.” There are fears and insecurities, simple joys and acts of tenderness, and revelations about affairs and other spouses, parents and their children. On every page of this exquisite novel we learn more about the quiet forces that hold us together—even after we’ve grown apart. At the heart of this story is the indomitable voice of Lucy Barton, who offers a profound, lasting reflection on the very nature of existence. “This is the way of life,” Lucy says: “the many things we do not know until it is too late.” ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Time, Vulture, She Reads

NATIONAL BESTSELLER *; From the Pulitzer Prizewinning, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofOlive Kitteridgecomes a ';superb' (O: The Oprah Magazine) novel that ';confirms Strout as the possessor of an irresistibly companionable, peculiarly American voice.' (The Atlantic Monthly)In the late 1950s, in a small New England town, Reverend Tyler Caskey has suffered a terrible loss and finds it hard to be the person he once was. He struggles to find the right words in his sermons and in his conversations with those facing crises of their own, and to bring his five-year-old daughter, Katherine, out of the silence she has observed in the wake of the family's tragedy. Tyler's usually patient and kind congregation now questions his leadership and propriety, and accusations are born out of anger and gossip. Then, in Tyler's darkest hour, a startling discovery will test his parish's humanityand his own will to endure the trials that sooner or later test us all.Praise forAbide With Me';Strout's greatly anticipated second novel . . . is an answered prayer.'Vanity Fair';Deeply moving . . . In one beautiful page after another, Strout captures the mysterious combinations of hope and sorrow. She sees all these wounded people with heartbreaking clarity, but she has managed to write a story that cradles them in understanding and that, somehow, seems like a foretaste of salvation.'The Washington Post';Graceful and moving . . . The pacing of Strout's deeply felt fiction about the distance between parents and children gives her work an addictive quality.'People(four stars)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *; An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize *; A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book *;One of USA Today's top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and complexity, Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others. Here are two sisters: One trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her life. The janitor at the local school has his faith tested in an encounter with an isolated man he has come to help; a grown daughter longs for mother love even as she comes to accept her mother's happiness in a foreign country; and the adult Lucy Barton (the heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton, the author's celebrated New York Times bestseller) returns to visit her siblings after seventeen years of absence. Reverberating with the deep bonds of family, and the hope that comes with reconciliation, Anything Is Possible again underscores Elizabeth Strout's place as one of America's most respected and cherished authors.Praise for Anything Is Possible';When Elizabeth Strout is on her game, is there anybody better? . . . This is a generous, wry book abouteverydaylives, and Strout crawls so far inside her characters you feel you inhabit them. . . . This is a book that earns its title. Try reading it without tears, or wonder.'USA Today (four stars) ';Readers who lovedMy Name Is Lucy Barton . . . are in for a real treat. . . . Strout is a master of the story cycle form. . . . She paints cumulative portraits of the heartache and soul of small-town America by giving each of her characters a turn under her sympathetic spotlight.'NPR ';These stories return Strout to the core of what she does more magnanimously than anyone else.'The Washington Post ';In this wise and accomplished book, pain and healing exist in perpetual dependence, like feuding siblings.'The Wall Street Journal

The Best American Short Stories is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction, guest edited in 2012 by Pultizer Prize winnerElizabeth Strout.

From the Orange Prize-shortlisted author of AMY & ISABELLE, a deeply moving story of love, abandonment, and the peril of family secrets...