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Paperback edition of the latest novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning }Olive Kitteridge{, this was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. With appeal to fans of Anne Tyler, Carol Shields and A.M. Homes. 'A glorious novel, deft, tender and true. Read it' }Sunday Telegraph

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Lucy is recovering from an operation in a New York hospital when she wakes to find her estranged mother sitting by her bed. They have not seen one another in years. As they talk Lucy finds herself recalling her troubled rural childhood and how it was she eventually arrived in the big city, got married and had children. But this unexpected visit leaves her doubting the life she's made: wondering what is lost and what has yet to be found.

Look for Elizabeth Strout's highly anticipated new work of fiction,

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Lucy is recovering from an operation in a New York hospital when she wakes to find her estranged mother sitting by her bed. They have not seen one another in years. As they talk Lucy finds herself recalling her troubled rural childhood and how it was she eventually arrived in the big city, got married and had children. But this unexpected visit leaves her doubting the life she's made: wondering what is lost and what has yet to be found.

Look for Elizabeth Strout's highly anticipated new work of fiction,

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