Oh William!

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST ΓÇó The Pulitzer PrizeΓÇôwinning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton explores the mysteries of marriage and the secrets we keep,as a former couple reckons with where theyΓÇÖve come fromΓÇöand what theyΓÇÖve left behind. ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Maureen CorriganNPRΓÇÖs Fresh Air ΓÇ£Elizabeth Strout is one of my very favorite writersso the fact that Oh William! may well be my favorite of her books is a mathematical equation for joy. The depthcomplexityand love contained in these pages is a miraculous achievement.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöAnn Patchettauthor of The Dutch House I would like to say a few things about my first husbandWilliam. Lucy Barton is a writerbut her ex-husbandWilliamremains a hard man to read. Williamshe confesseshas 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 secretΓÇöone of those secrets that rearrange everything we think we know about the people closest to us. There are fears and insecuritiessimple joys and acts of tendernessand revelations about affairs and other spousesparents and their children. On every page of this exquisite novel we learn more about the quiet forces that hold us togetherΓÇöeven after weΓÇÖve grown apart. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book ReviewThe Washington PostTimeVultureShe Reads