Lucy by the SeaAuthor: Strout, Elizabeth Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 14 September 2023 by Penguin Books Ltd (Viking) in the United Kingdom. Paperback 304 pages 197 x 128 x 18 220g 'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' Hilary MantelFROM THE BOOKER SHORTLISTED, PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR 'It is a gift in this life that we do not know what awaits us'In March 2020 Lucy Barton's ex husband William pleads

they begin to fall in love

presidents

a lifetime

Sir Henry Delves Broughton

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these three uplifting stories capture the wonder

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