![]() There are, though, shared experiences as she grapples with the pandemic and her lockdown with her ex husband William in Maine, bringing to my mind, my own experience. Throughout the story it felt as if I was listening to an old friend. ![]() I’ve connected with Lucy in all of the books about her, not because I shared her unique experiences, but because Lucy, as in the previous books, is introspective and so honest. ![]() I couldn’t resist a new book by her and definitely not one about Lucy Barton. Then Strout’s newest book about Lucy Barton comes along and the time frame is during the pandemic. “įor the last couple of years I’ve avoided books that focus on pandemics, Covid or otherwise. I couldn’t help but think that’s why reading is such a satisfying experience “to know what it feels like to be a different person. ![]() And if she does, she certainly is successful in letting the reader know what it might be like to be a different person. ![]() She wonders “what is it like to be a policeman…What is it like to be you? I need to say: This is the question that has made me a writer always that deep desire to know what it feels like to be a different person.” While Lucy is a fictional character, I can’t help but think that Elizabeth Strout might feel the same. There’s a scene in this novel where Lucy Barton is sitting in a car at a gas station and watches a policeman sitting in a cruiser. ![]()
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