Lucy by the Sea

A Novel

De: Elizabeth Strout

Narrado por: Kimberly Farr

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of My Name is Lucy Barton and Olive Kitteridge comes a “poised and moving” (Vogue) novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown—and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart.

“Strout’s understanding of the human condition is capacious.”—NPR

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Oprah Daily, Entertainment Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Time, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, PopSugar, She Reads

With her trademark spare, crystalline prose—a voice infused with “intimate, fragile, desperate humanness” (The Washington Post)—Elizabeth Strout turns her exquisitely tuned eye to the inner workings of the human heart, following the indomitable heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton through the early days of the pandemic.

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.

Rich with empathy and emotion, Lucy by the Sea vividly captures the fear and struggles that come with isolation, as well as the hope, peace, and possibilities that those long, quiet days can inspire. At the heart of this story are the deep human connections that unite us even when we’re apart—the pain of a beloved daughter’s suffering, the emptiness that comes from the death of a loved one, the promise of a new friendship, and the comfort of an old, enduring love.

Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize

Another great book by Elizabeth Strout

The narrator is the best. Enjoyed it very much. Will now read other Lucy books.
Olive K is still alive and is mentioned in this book.

vintage strout at her best

brings in and fills gaps in the characters you have known with covid and post-covid insights and perspectives

We all share the same history

Elizabeth Stout has captured a unique period in time with which everyone can identify. Her family in her novels is everyone’s family. Thanks,
Elizabeth, for sharing this connection

Outstanding!

I love the world that Elizabeth Strout has created. I found this particular story near but not quite up to par. The narration, however, was so spot on that I readily overlooked any shred of weakness.

Another masterpiece by my favorite author

I absolutely love Strout’s books. The complexity and loveliness of the characters is amazing. I am excited to ensure I’ve read all of them.

It just made me sad

Hated that ending.... Disliked the cheating husband and felt main character was weak to go back to him.

Great book! Absolutely perfect and wise

Exquisitely written and deeply kind. A masterful audio production. I was sorry when it was over.

Reconnecting with other books by Strout

How welcoming it is to open a book and be reacquainted with all of Lucy’s family, with Catherine from Abide With Me, with Olive Kitteridge and the dearness of the people who love Lucy and whom Lucy loves.
Read this one and then find another one so you can cherish all of the interwoven tales.

About done with Lucy

My book group and I feel this material wasn’t that fresh, although there were some great observations showing great humanity and insight into characters, as well as relatable descriptions about the weirdness of living with early Covid. But we felt these characters didn’t warrant another book. It felt like coasting on past success.

Another wonderful oh-so-human book from Elizabeth Strout

This author captures so many elements of the nuances of human experience, thought, emotion as they intertwine through the important relationships in life. She has such a wonderful gift of expressing universal concerns through prose that flows easily, conversationally, but touches profound depths.