{"product_id":"oh-william-by-elizabeth-strout","title":"Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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. Lucy 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOh William! 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'This is the way of life,' Lucy says. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'The many things we do not know until it is too late.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 5 May 2022, Penguin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241992210\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 288 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57197613089150,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9780241992210_1.jpg?v=1775055687","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/oh-william-by-elizabeth-strout","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}