Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout review: Lucy Barton vs Covid
'We are all in lockdown, all the time,' reflects Lucy Barton, in a brilliant follow-up to Strout's Booker-shortlisted Oh William!
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'We are all in lockdown, all the time,' reflects Lucy Barton, in a brilliant follow-up to Strout's Booker-shortlisted Oh William!
In “Lucy by the Sea,” Elizabeth Strout relocates a formerly married couple from Manhattan to Maine at the peak of the Covid pandemic.
This is Elizabeth Strout’s third novel featuring Lucy Barton. Lucy is now in her 60s – divorced, widowed, and still coming to terms with her unhappy childhood.
The shortlist of six will be announced on September 6, 2022.
I’m Jim McKeown , welcome to Likely Stories, a weekly review of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Elizabeth Strout has a number of excellent novels of love