{"product_id":"oh-william","title":"Oh William","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TOP 10 \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-longlisted, bestselling author returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any point in life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy Barton is a successful writer living in New York, navigating the second half of her life as a recent widow and parent to two adult daughters. A surprise encounter leads her to reconnect with William, her first husband - and longtime, on-again-off-again friend and confidante. Recalling their college years, the birth of their daughters, the painful dissolution of their marriage, and the lives they built with other people, Strout weaves a portrait, stunning in its subtlety, of a tender, complex, decades-long partnership.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOh William!\u003c\/i\u003e captures the joy and sorrow of watching children grow up and start families of their own; of discovering family secrets, late in life, that alter everything we think we know about those closest to us; and the way people live and love, against all odds. At the heart of this story is the unforgettable, indomitable voice of Lucy Barton, who once again offers a profound, lasting reflection on the mystery of existence.\u003ci\u003e ''This is the way of life,''\u003c\/i\u003e Lucy says. \u003ci\u003e''The many things we do not know until it is too late.''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHilary Mantel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eA terrific writer''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''She gets better with each book'' Maggie O''Farrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of America''s finest writers'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This is meticulously observed writing, full of probing psychological insight. Lucy Barton is one of literature''s immortal characters-brittle, damaged, unravelling, vulnerable and, most of all, ordinary-like us all'' Booker Prize Judges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Strout''s new novel \u003ci\u003eTell Me Everything \u003c\/i\u003eis available now!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57302932619646,"sku":"NW9780241992210","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241992210.jpg?v=1778508925","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/oh-william","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}