{"product_id":"oh-william-hb-w2","title":"Elizabeth Strout: Oh William!: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 (Lucy Barton, 3) [2021] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOh William!\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ci\u003e 'This is the way of life,'\u003c\/i\u003e Lucy says. \u003ci\u003e'The many things we do not know until it is too late.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Elizabeth Strout is one of my very favourite writers, so the fact that \u003ci\u003eOh William!\u003c\/i\u003e 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    \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHilary Mantel\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA terrific writer'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eZadie Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'She gets better with each book' Maggie O'Farrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A majestic book.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003eI do not know any other writer who can portray life in this way' Rachel Joyce\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of America's finest writers' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'An absolute delight of a book'  Claire Fuller\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A wonderful book' Emma Healey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strout, Elizabeth","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":53082527498579,"sku":"XE80241508176","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47435417256275,"sku":"XV80241508176","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":42046303502521,"sku":"9780241508176","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":46966470246739,"sku":"XG80241508176","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/strout-elizabeth-elizabeth-strout-oh-william-longlisted-for-the-booker-prize-2022-lucy-barton-3-2021-hardback-60366298218835.jpg?v=1771676231","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/oh-william-hb-w2","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}