SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe Pulitzer Prizewinning Bookerlonglisted 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 lifeLucy 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 onagainoffagain 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 decadeslong partnership.Oh William 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. This is the way of life Lucy says. The many things we do not know until it is too late.A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own Hilary MantelA terrific writer Zadie SmithShe gets better with each book Maggie OFarrellOne of Americas finest writers Sunday TimesThis is meticulously observed writing full of probing psychological insight. Lucy Barton is one of literatures immortal charactersbrittle damaged unravelling vulnerable and most of all ordinarylike us all Booker Prize JudgesElizabeth Strouts new novel Tell Me Everything is available now