Tell Me Everything

Strout is, as ever, wonderfully attentive to lifes inescapable cruelties and woes * Sunday Times * 'The shrewd-eyed observer of love, loss and the ties that bind life, basically is back. Strout weaves a gossamer light web of a communitys hopes and setbacks.' -- Observer Strouts ability to reveal the wonder in unrecorded lives continues to astonish * Telegraph * Elizabeth Strout welcomes us home again, back to the small town where we witness the interconnection of all the characters we've ever loved in her previous novels. It's a beautiful read reminding us that there is extraordinary love in ordinary actions. -- Oprah Winfrey Stunning, deeply felt and profoundly intelligent * Guardian * Strout delivers that most terrible and yet important of literary clichs: a book with heart * Financial Times * I'm looking forward to the return of another literary friend, Lucy Barton, when Elizabeth Strout publishes Tell Me Everything in August' * The Irish Times - The best books of 2024 so far * A stunner that unites beloved characters from her previous books... Strout's musing on life and the importance of storytelling are downright profound * People * Pathos and dry humour gild tender reflections on loneliness and connection, and the redemptive power of storytelling. * Observer * Above all, Tell Me Everything is a novel of moods, how they govern our personal lives and public spaces, reflected in Strout's shimmering technique * The Washington Post * Strout's gift is making readers stop and think about lives - from the exciting to the mundane - and that's what makes this book so appealing -- Daily Mail If you've never cracked the spine of a Strout novel before, don't sweat it - you'll feel like a Crosby, Maine, local by the end of the first chapter * Oprah Daily * Tell Me Everything offers readers an abundance of the searing and plainspoken insights for which Strout is beloved * New York Times Book Review * An exploration of love, loss and unnoticed lives, but most particularly an exploration of the power of stories and storytelling * Wall Street Journal * An achingly moving and exhilarating novel * Boston Globe * a tale of hope and healing with all the same beauty she has become known for * i Paper * Rejoice Strout Fans * Los Angeles Times * Remarkably-crafted * Town & Country * A generous compassionate novel about the need for human need for connection, understanding and love, and the damage that occurs when those things are denied * San Francisco Chronicle * A novel of well-observed connected short stories about fear, regret and friendship * TIME * I'm a huge fan of everything Elizabeth Strout has written, so I will just have to be patient and wait for her new one, Tell Me Everything, which is out in September * Red - Summer loving * Tantalising * Literary Review * With tenderness, honesty, intimacy, and compassion, Strout uses her cunning powers of observation to draw readers beyond the mundane to the miraculous complexities where true friendship lies * Booklist, starred review * This is the pleasure of Strout's books. No previous experience required * Chicago Tribune * Elizabeth Strout packs more empathy onto a single page than most other writers scatter throughout an entire book * The Christian Science Monitor * Exactly the book her fans have been waiting for * Minneapolis Star Tribune * There's a kind of alchemy at work in Elizabeth Strout's prose style * Chapter 16 * Tell Me Everything is a sparkling and masterfully crafted novel that indulges our innate curiosity in humanity, grief, happiness and what it means to love * BookTrib * Longtime fans and newcomers alike will relish this * Publishers Weekly, starred review * Simple. Relatable. Elegant... Strout's gift is making readers stop and think about lives - from the exciting to the mundane - and that's what makes this book so appealing. * Associated Press * Lucy Bart

Elizabeth Strout is the Pulitzer prize-winning author of My Name is Lucy Barton, Anything is Possible, Amy and Isabelle, Abide With Me, The Burgess Boys, Olive Kitteridge, Olive, Again, Oh, William! and Lucy by the Sea. She has been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the International Dublin Literary Award, the Orange Prize and the Booker Prize. She lives in Maine.