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Elizabeth Strout

The Things We Never Say

The Things We Never Say

8 people recommend this

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  • Dawn B
    Dawn BFirst to rec
  • Kate Arends Peters
    Kate Arends Peters

    “A quick read with a lot of depth and big questions around the cost of loneliness and being known.”

    81
  • LizK
    LizK

    “How does she do it? How does she use such unadorned language to such moving effect?”

    41
  • Phoebe
    Phoebe

    “Strout’s writing is observant, quiet, and emotionally precise, and I always finish her books feeling like I really understand the characters — a quality I treasure in a book.”

    11
  • Rachel
    Rachel

    “Current read: Elizabeth Strout’s newest novel. I love it so much. Is Artie Dam the new Bob Burgess?”

  • Katherine Woods
    Katherine Woods

    “no author makes me pause and reflect more. perfection”

  • Jen Monroe
    Jen Monroe

    “It only took me a day to read this but I’ll think about it always.”

  • Annie
    Annie

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