Strout likes to revisit her characters in this case the indomitable Lucy Barton, recently widowed and reconnecting again with her first husband, William. You feel like a confidante as she muses on their life together, the pain at the end of their marriage and their subsequent lives. A family secret of William's leads them to explore what we know (or not know) about those closest to us. Without any flourishes, it is a truly absorbing
read.
(Christine Miller - bwl 103 Winter 2022 ) |
