Oh William!

<p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022</b><br><b>THE TOP 10 <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER<br><br>The 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</b><br><br>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.<br><br><i>Oh William!</i> 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.<i> 'This is the way of life'</i> Lucy says. <i>'The many things we do not know until it is too late.'</i><br><br><b>'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own'</b> <b>Hilary Mantel</b><br><br>'<b>A terrific writer'</b> <b>Zadie Smith</b><br><br><b>'She gets better with each book' Maggie O'Farrell<br><br>'One of America's finest writers' <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>'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 Judges<br><br>LUCY'S STORY CONTINUES IN <i>LUCY BY THE SEA</i> AVAILABLE TO READ NOW!</b></p>