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Anything Is Possible

A Novel
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Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout delves into the intricate lives of small-town residents as they navigate love, loss, and the quest for self-understanding. The novel follows two sisters facing very different paths, a daughter yearning for maternal affection amid acceptance, and the return of Lucy Barton after a seventeen-year absence. Through these interconnected stories, the book reveals the enduring bonds of family and the power of reconciliation.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for readers who appreciate deeply emotional and character-driven general fiction, especially those who admire explorations of family dynamics and human resilience.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this “compulsively readable” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton.

“This book, this writer, are magnificent.”—Ann Patchett

WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, People, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Newsday, The Seattle Times, Esquire, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly

In Anything Is Possible, Elizabeth Strout explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others. Here are two sisters: One trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her life. A grown daughter longs for mother love even as she comes to accept her mother’s happiness in a foreign country. And Lucy Barton returns to visit her siblings after seventeen years of absence.

Reverberating with the deep bonds of family, and the hope that comes with reconciliation, Anything Is Possible “confirms Strout as one of our most grace-filled, and graceful, writers” (The Boston Globe).

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780812989410

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 March 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 215g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Elizabeth Strout is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge, winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Olive, Again, an Oprah’s Book Club pick; Anything Is Possible, winner of the Story Prize; My Name is Lucy Barton, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize; The Burgess Boys, named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and NPR; Abide with Me, a national bestseller; and Amy and Isabelle, winner of the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the International Dublin Literary Award, and the Orange Prize. Her short stories have been published in a number of magazines, including The New Yorker and O: The Oprah Magazine. Elizabeth Strout lives in New York City.

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