Anything Is Possible (Strout) - Book Reviews

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I was captivated by her compassion. Her characters, always, are flawed. They embarrass themselves. They do terrible, terrible things. They occasionally get caught. And, yet, Strout sits beside them to hear their stories. To understand how they got there. To give them a voice.… Run to your local independent bookstore, or wherever it is you buy books, and try not to fall victim to “the most common complaint of all,” which Strout identifies as, "Life had simply not been what she thought it would be." READ MORE …
Abby Fabiaschi - LiLovers


In Elizabeth Strout’s Anything Is Possible, her stunning follow-up to My Name Is Lucy Barton, a famous author returns to the Midwestern hometown of her childhood, touching off a daisy-chain of stories narrated by those who knew her—memories of trauma and goodwill, resentments small and large, and the ever-widening gulf between haves and have-nots. Strout, always good, just keeps getting better.
Vogue


If you miss the charmingly eccentric and completely relatable characters from Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout’s best-selling My Name Is Lucy Barton, you’ll be happily reunited with them in Strout’s smart and soulful Anything Is Possible.
Elle


(Starred review.) [M]asterful storytelling. Damaged lives can be redeemed but, as [Strout] eloquently demonstrates in this powerful, sometimes shocking, often emotionally wrenching novel, the emotional scars can last forever.
Publishers Weekly


(Starred review.)  With her latest work, Pulitzer Prize winner Strout (for Olive Kitteridge) crafts a deep and complex inside view of the hearts and minds of individuals who make up a community. —Joanna Burkhardt, Univ. of Rhode Island Libs., Providence
Library Journal


(Starred review.) [R]adiant.… The epic scope within seemingly modest confines recalls Strout's Pulitzer Prize winner, Olive Kitteridge, and her ability to discern vulnerabilities buried beneath bad behavior is as acute as ever. Another powerful examination of painfully human ambiguities and ambivalences.
Kirkus Reviews