Published by Random House - Genres: Adult Fiction, Contempory, Literary Fiction
Format: ARC, eBook
Oh William!
But seriously, for most of the book I was thinking Oh Lucy! Oh, how I loved having Lucy Barton back. Lucy’s second husband, David Abramson, has passed away and Lucy is looking back on her life, her first marriage to William Gerhardt, with whom she has two daughters. While David was the perfect husband, William was a cheater and yet, he and Lucy have remained close, confiding in each other, and supporting each other. In this book, William will learn some truths about his family.
Lucy is telling her tale through a conversation with the reader. At 63, she has come a long way from when we first met her. She has grown, is a published author and mother. She has her insights and observations. This book is just as much about her as it is William.
As Lucy looks back on her marriage, having children and moving on, she begins to see her ex-husband and herself in a new light.
This is a book about relationships, about mental health, about being a parent, about feelings both resolved and unresolved, about awareness and about insight.
Strout knows how to get to the nitty gritty of human emotion. Her books focus on relationships and contain unique and interesting characters. If she writes it, I am going to read it! Strout delivers every-single-time!
Thank you to Random House Publishing Group and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.