A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own Hilary MantelFROM THE BOOKERSHORTLISTED PULITZER PRIZEWINNING AUTHOR It is a gift in this life that we do not know what awaits usIn March 2020 Lucy Bartons exhusband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house he has rented in Maine Lucy reluctantly agrees leaving the washingup in the sink expecting to be back in a week or two Weeks turn into months and its just Lucy William and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the seaRich with empathy and a searing clarity Lucy by the Sea evokes the fragility and uncertainty of the recent past as well as the possibilities that those long quiet days can inspire At the heart of this miraculous novel are the deep human connections that sustain us even as the world seems to be falling apartA terrific writer Zadie SmithI cannot get Lucy Barton out of my head The TimesShe gets better with each book Maggie OFarrellSunday Times bestseller October 2022Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022Winner of the Pulitzer Prize 2009Elizabeth Strouts new novel Tell Me Everything is available for preorder now
