ONE OF BARACK OBAMAS BEST BOOKS OF 2017From the No 1 New York Times bestselling and Booker longlisted author of My Name is Lucy Barton Recalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness structure and complexity Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others Anything is Possible tells the story of the inhabitants of rural dusty Amgash Illinois the hometown of Lucy Barton a successful New York writer who finally returns after seventeen years of absence to visit the siblings she left behindReverberating with the deep bonds of family and the hope that comes with reconciliation Anything Is Possible again underscores Elizabeth Strouts place as one of Americas most respected and cherished authorsLucys story continues in Oh William and Lucy by the Sea available to read nowA terrific writer Zadie SmithA superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own Hilary MantelElizabeth Strouts new novel Tell Me Everything is out now