{"id":42689,"date":"2017-10-03T11:08:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T15:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=42689"},"modified":"2022-11-19T21:33:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T02:33:18","slug":"anything-possible-elizabeth-strout-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/anything-possible-elizabeth-strout-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout [in Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong>
\nKimberly Farr, who gracefully, achingly gave voice to the eponymous protagonist in Elizabeth Strout<\/a>\u2019s My Name Is Lucy Barton<\/em><\/a>, returns here as Lucy but adds to her repertoire Lucy\u2019s family, neighbors, and long-ago acquaintances who call Amgash, IL, home. When Lucy\u2019s mother unexpectedly arrived in Lucy\u2019s Manhattan hospital room in Strout\u2019s earlier book, the small-town stories she brought distracted mother and daughter from sharing more intimate moments neither could face.\u00a0Here, Strout\u2019s nine interlinked tales lay bare the desires, defeats, hopes, and dreams of a tiny community deserted by its most famous citizen \u2013 writer Lucy Barton.<\/p>\n

Lucy makes a brief afternoon book tour stopover after almost two decades away for a fraught, difficult visit with her left-behind siblings. Beyond devastating family revelations are fiery realizations from the school janitor who watched over Lucy so long ago, the teacher who recognizes the outstanding potential in Lucy\u2019s troubled niece, the local veteran who hasn\u2019t fully come home from war, a peeping Tom whose wife is seemingly complicit, and a B&B owner who listens to strangers\u2019 secrets.<\/p>\n

Verdict<\/strong>: Strout\u2019s immense readership will surely appreciate Farr\u2019s careful, empathic rendition of her latest classic-in-the-making.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Audio,” Library Journal<\/em>, September 15, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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