This new novel by Strout is similar in form to her best-selling Olive Kitteridge (which is also an engrossing made-for-TV limited series with Frances McDormand). It also is connected to her more recent My name is Lucy Barton and reading it enhanced my understanding of the earlier book – I rather wish I’d read them in a different order. Lucy Barton, like Olive Kitteridge, is a central figure in this new novel, which like Olive Kitteridge, is a series of interconnected stories in which she plays a major or minor role. Many of the same characters mentioned in the earlier book are fleshed out in the newer one, which gives the reader a more nuanced view of their influence on Lucy Barton’s life. Recommended – but try reading it before My name is Lucy Barton if you haven’t read it already. 254 pp.
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