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Lucy by the Sea

Lucy by the Sea, September 2022
by Elizabeth Strout

Random House
304 pages
ISBN: 0593446062
EAN: 9780593446065
Kindle: B09VWWN5BJ
Hardcover / e-Book
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"Timely, poignant, and engrossing. . ."

Fresh Fiction Review

Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout

Reviewed by Evie Harris
Posted January 19, 2023

Fiction Family Life

At best, Lucy Barton's relationship with her ex-husband William is complex.  When he insists on taking her away from Manhattan because of Covid-19 she is puzzled.  But, William knows things and she agrees to accompany him to a house he has rented by the sea in Maine. Expecting to be there only two weeks, Lucy thinks she can adapt to the sharp differences between Maine and New York.  As the weeks turn into months, Lucy comes to terms with her new reality.

LUCY BY THE SEA, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout, is told in Lucy's distinct voice. Her manner is conversational and it is as though the reader is in the same room with her. She doesn't mince words and she tells us exactly what she is feeling.  She is a woman who has overcome a great deal and has accomplished much, but she can be fragile and vulnerable, too. We follow along as she faces the reality and tragedy the pandemic has brought upon us.  Family plays an important role in the narrative.  Relationships change and unexpected new friendships developed.  Not for the first time in her life, Lucy finds herself adapting.  

I found Elizabeth Strout's LUCY BY THE SEA to be timely, poignant, and engrossing.  It is well worth reading.  Highly recommended.

 

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SUMMARY

As a panicked world goes into lockdown, Lucy Barton is uprooted from her life in Manhattan and bundled away to a small town in Maine by her ex-husband and on-again, off-again friend, William. For the next several months, it’s just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the moody, swirling sea.


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