Lucy By The Sea by Elizabeth Strout

An older novelist and her husband retreat to a rented seaside house during the early days of the pandemic, and through quiet, observant episodes she reflects on marriage, aging, past traumas and family ties; the short book uses the shoreline and lockdown’s solitude as a backdrop for intimate conversations, small acts of care, and moments of memory that reveal love, loneliness, resilience and the ways ordinary details can hold deep emotional truths.

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