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������ Lucy by the Sea, [Strout] continues to conceal her art in seeming artlessness and gives us a world in which nothing stands to reason or allows for easy expression. ”

Pico Iyer, “�� Air Mail, September 17, 2022.

������ its emotional heft and honesty, its ability to go fearlessly to the darkest places, its pellucid empathy and its spot-on rendering of the pandemic experience for both individuals and the country, [Lucy by the Sea] is perhaps the best of the four marvelous novels Strout has written featuring Lucy Barton.”

Pricilla Gilman, ��,�� Boston Globe, September 15, 2022.

I’m delighted that Oh William! made the shortlist for . It's an honor to be part of this community of readers and writers.

I’m delighted that Oh William! made the shortlist for . It's an honor to be part of this community of readers and writers.

“No-one writes interior life as Strout does. This is meticulous observed writing, full of probing psychological insight. Lucy Barton is one of literature’s immortal characters �� brittle, damaged, unravelling, vulnerable and most of all, ordinary, like us all.”

�� The Booker Prize 2022 judges on Oh William!

Profile and collection of features including written interviews, an article on the Lucy Barton series, a Reading Guide (for bookclubs and individual readers), a video Q&A with readers, and two short videos featuring Anna Friel reading extracts from Oh William!

“�� Authors, the Booker Prize Library, The Booker Prizes website, September 6, 2022.

“With Oh William! shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022, we spoke to Elizabeth Strout about her intimate characterisation, the importance of listening and what’s next for Lucy Barton.”

“�� Features, The Booker Library, The Booker Prizes website, September 6, 2022.

Erik Tanner for The New York Times

“‘I’ve taught myself how to get these sentences down, how to know when they’re worth getting down,�� said Strout, 66. ‘It’s like I’ve been training for a marathon my entire life and now there’s an acceleration happening.’��

Elisabeth Egan, “�� New York Times, Sept. 3, 2022.

“No-one writes interior life as Strout does. This is meticulous observed writing, full of probing psychological insight. Lucy Barton is one of literature’s immortal characters �� brittle, damaged, unravelling, vulnerable and most of all, ordinary, like us all.”

�� The 2022 judges on Oh William!

Lovely to find for the Booker Prize! Many thanks to the judges for their kind words and congratulations to the other nominees.

I’m delighted to share the cover of my forthcoming book, Lucy by the Sea! It was designed by Anna Kochman and Greg Mollica, with art by Jeremy Miranda.

, I think it’s gorgeous and captures the fear and the exhilaration of all that happens in this book.

Lucy by the Sea will be on sale from Random House on September 20th, 2022. You can .

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“What a thing! To see with our own eyes into the honest self of another!”

Elizabeth Strout, ��,�� FT Magazine, March 11, 2022.