Tell Me Everything: Oprah’s Book Club

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó OPRAHΓÇÖS BOOK CLUB PICK ΓÇó From Pulitzer PrizeΓÇôwinning author Elizabeth Strout comes a ΓÇ£stunnerΓÇ¥ (People) of a novel about new friendships,old lovesand the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. ΓÇ£Tell Me Everything hits like a bucolic fable. . . . A novel of moodshow they govern our personal lives and public spacesreflected in StroutΓÇÖs shimmering technique.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöThe Washington Post SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMENΓÇÖS PRIZE FOR FICTION ΓÇó A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TimeNPRVogueParade With her remarkable insight into the human condition and silences that contain multitudesElizabeth Strout returns to the town of CrosbyMaineand to her beloved cast of charactersΓÇöLucy BartonOlive KitteridgeBob Burgessand moreΓÇöas they deal with a shocking crime in their midstfall in love and yet choose to be apartand grapple with the questionas Lucy Barton puts itΓÇ£What does anyoneΓÇÖs life mean?ΓÇ¥ ItΓÇÖs autumn in Maineand the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigationdefending a lonelyisolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer Lucy Bartonwho lives down the road in a house by the sea with her ex-husbandWilliam. TogetherLucy and Bob go on walks and talk about their livestheir fears and regretsand what might have been. Lucymeanwhileis finally introduced to the iconic Olive Kitteridgenow living in a retirement community on the edge of town. They spend afternoons together in OliveΓÇÖs apartmenttelling each other stories. Stories about people they have knownΓÇöΓÇ£unrecorded livesΓÇ¥ Olive calls themΓÇöreanimating themandin the processimbuing their lives with meaning. Brimming with empathy and pathosTell Me Everything is Elizabeth Strout operating at the height of her powersilluminating the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat. As Lucy saysΓÇ£Love comes in so many different formsbut it is always love.ΓÇ¥