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Elizabeth Strout (born January 6, 1956) is an American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization. She was born and raised in Portland, Maine, and her experiences in her youth served as inspiration for her novels–the fictional "Shirley Falls, Maine" is the setting of four of her seven novels.Strout's first novel, Amy and Isabelle (1998), met with widespread critical acclaim, became a national bestseller, and was adapted into a movie starring Elisabeth Shue. Her second novel, Abide with Me (2006), received critical acclaim but ultimately failed to be recognized to the extent of her debut novel. Two years later, Strout wrote and published Olive Kitteridge (2008), to critical and commercial success, grossing nearly $25 million with over one million copies sold as of May 2017. The novel won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book was adapted into a multi Emmy Award-winning mini series and became a New York Times bestseller.Five years later, she published The Burgess Boys (2013), which became a national bestseller. My Name Is Lucy Barton (2016) was met with international acclaim and topped the New York Times bestseller list. Lucy Barton later became the main character in Strout's 2017 novel, Anything is Possible. A sequel to Olive Kitteridge, titled Olive, Again, was published in 2019. "Oh, William!" was published in October of 2021. Early life and education Strout was born in Portland, Maine, and was raised in small towns in Maine and Durham, New Hampshire. Her father was a science professor, and her mother was an English professor and also taught writing in a nearby high school.After graduating from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, she spent a year in Oxford, England, followed by studies at law school for another year. In 1982, she graduated with honors, and received a J.D. degree from the Syracuse University College of Law. That year her first story was published in New Letters magazine. Career Early career Strout moved to New York City, where she waitressed and began developing early novels and stories to little success. She continued to write stories that were published in literary magazines, as well as in Redbook and Seventeen. She enrolled in Law School at Syracuse University, and practiced law for six months before a funding cut ended her job as a Syracuse legal-services advocate. In an interview with Terry Gross in January 2015 she said of the experience, "law school was more of an operation, I think." She stated in a 2016 interview with The Morning News,I wanted to be a writer so much that the idea of failing at it was almost unbearable to me. I really didn’t tell people as I grew older that I wanted to be a writer—you know, because they look at you with such looks of pity. I just couldn’t stand that. Rise to prominence with Amy and Isabelle While teaching part-time at Borough of Manhattan Community College, Strout worked for six or seven years to complete her book Amy and Isabelle, which when published was shortlisted for the 2000 Orange Prize and nominated for the 2000 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. Amy and Isabelle was adapted as a television movie, starring Elisabeth Shue and produced by Oprah Winfrey's studio, Harpo Films.Strout was a National Endowment for the Humanities lecturer at Colgate University during the fall semester of 2007, where she taught creative writing at both the introductory and advanced levels. She was also on the faculty of the master of fine arts (MFA) program at Queens University of Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina. Olive Kitteridge and its Pulitzer Prize Abide with Me was published in 2006 by Random House to further critical acclaim. Ron Charles of The Washington Post summarized her book by saying: "as she did in her bestselling debut, Amy and Isabelle, Strout sets her second novel in a small New England town, whose natural beauty she returns to again and again as this tale unfolds against the background of the Cold War tensions of the 1950s." The New Yorker welcomed the novel with a positive review: "with superlative skill, Strout challenges us to examine what makes a good story—and what makes a good life." Goodreads rated the novel 3.75 stars out of 5. Strout's third book, Olive Kitteridge, was published two years later in 2008. The book featured a collection of connected short stories about a woman and her immediate family and friends on the coast of Maine. Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker called the short stories "taciturn, elegant." In 2009, it was announced that the novel won the year's Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book became a New York Times bestseller and won the Premio Bancarella Award, at an event held in the medieval Piazza della Repubblica in Pontremoli, Italy. Louisa Thomas, writing in The New York Times, said:The pleasure in reading Olive Kitteridge comes from an intense identification with complicated, not always admirable, characters. And there are moments in which slipping into a character’s viewpoint seems to involve the revelation of an emotion more powerful and interesting than simple fellow feeling—a complex, sometimes dark, sometimes life-sustaining dependency on others. There’s nothing mawkish or cheap here. There’s simply the honest recognition that we need to try to understand people, even if we can’t stand them. The Burgess Boys and recent work The Burgess Boys was published on March 26, 2013, to further critical acclaim. A New York Times review noted that Strout "handles her storytelling with grace, intelligence and low-key humor, demonstrating a great ear for the many registers in which people speak to their loved ones," but criticized her for not developing certain characters. NPR noted the novel by saying: "This is an ambitious novel that wants to train its gaze on the flotsam and jetsam of thought, as well as on big-issue topics like the politics of immigration and the possibility of second chances." The book became her second New York Times bestseller. The Washington Post reviewed it with the following observation: "[T]he broad social and political range of The Burgess Boys shows just how impressively this extraordinary writer continues to develop."After a three-year break, she published My Name Is Lucy Barton (2016), a story about Lucy Barton, a recovering patient from an operation who reconnects with her estranged mother. The New York Times reviewed it with the following observation: "there is not a scintilla of sentimentality in this exquisite novel. Instead, in its careful words and vibrating silences, My Name Is Lucy Barton offers us a rare wealth of emotion, from darkest suffering to—‘I was so happy. Oh, I was happy’—simple joy." The novel topped The New York Times bestseller list. It was also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Strout broke from her usual multi-year break in between novels to publish Anything is Possible (2017)—her sixth novel. Anything is Possible was cal.... Discover the Elizabeth Strout popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Elizabeth Strout books.
Best Seller Elizabeth Strout Books of February 2023
Mr. Mayfair
Louise BayOctober 1, 2019GetMy boyfriend is getting married. Okay, technically he's my ex-boyfriend. Two months ago he decided he wanted a break. I still thought he was my happily ever after. On any other day, knowing ...
Stealth
Sarah PeisApril 28, 2022GetSome mistakes are worth repeating. Freya Olysses loves her quiet life in the sleepy little town of Ferguson. She's made a home where she least expected to. Until her past catches up with her...
Investing For Beginners
David CohneJuly 13, 2015GetThe Best Guide to Getting Started Investing You’ll Find Anywhere What Does Your Retirement Look Like? If you are like most Americans, you don’t know how you’re are going to retire. Pen...
Cruel Captor
Kaye BlueDecember 17, 2021GetI’ve become the mafia’s most feared enforcer for a single purpose. Revenge. Now I have it my grasp, and she’s the key. Take her. Use her. Discard her. Why do I care that she’s innoce...
Catch
Evelyn MontogmeryJanuary 4, 2022GetHunter One look. One touch. One sound of her beautiful voice, and I’m hooked. Like a dream I never want to wake up from, she pulls me in and wraps me around her. Consumed. Driven wit...
Tempting Levi
Jules BarnardJune 6, 2017GetOff-limits never looked so tempting... Levi Cade’s firefighting career burned up after an accident on the job. Then is father died and left him in charge of the family’s multimillion-dol...
Seascapes and Vegas Mistakes
Kay LyonsApril 18, 2022GetWhen a Las Vegas prank turns into an accidental and very legal marriage, Isabel Shipley is dead set on getting a discreet and hasty divorce. The last thing the struggling artist wants is to ...
What I Like About You
Kait NolanJuly 19, 2019GetA horse-whispering loner After years as an Army Ranger, Sebastian Donnelly is content to be left alone with his horses. He's better with them than with...people. But that changes when his bo...
The Chronicles of Narnia Complete 7-Book Collection
C. S. LewisDecember 9, 2022GetThe Chronicles of Narnia Complete 7-Book Collection includes: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) Prince Caspian (1951) The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) The Silver Chair (1953) ...
Sisters (Sun Valley Series, Book 1)
Kellie Coates GilbertMarch 2, 2017GetSet in America’s original ski resort, Sun Valley, Idaho— SISTERS offers a thought-provoking look at three women . . . and the choices they make when they realize their lives aren’t exa...
Worth Billions
Lexy TimmsJune 4, 2018GetSmall towns are for small minds. I left for college and never looked back. Ensconced in my luxurious, and lucrative, vineyard, I barely ever spare a thought for my old life. Until I go...
A Mother for Christmas
Jackie WegerDecember 8, 2020GetDecker Davenport is on a deadline. He has thirty days — Christmas Eve, to be exact — to remodel a St. Augustine Victorian house or the owner will put it back on the market. Not a good ti...
Fat Cat Finds a Home
Michelle SmithFebruary 20, 2015GetAfter ten years of love from her previous owner, poor Fat Cat finds herself alone and looking for a new home. Will she ever leave the adoption shelter? Even at ten years old, Fat Cat still h...
Faking It with #41
Piper RayneSeptember 21, 2021GetFake. Being the heir to Jacobs Enterprises, I’ve been around fake people my entire life. I promised myself a long time ago that I wouldn’t change for anyone. Which is the only reason I...
Frankenstein
Mary ShelleyDecember 31, 1817GetAn Apple Books Classic edition. Mary Shelley was just 18 when she had a nightmare vision: “I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw th...
Seduction Island
Autumn GazeNovember 30, 2022GetYou cannot escape the reality of tomorrow by evading it today… Ethan Mitchell flees New York to Oahu to escape a family scandal. He doesn't want to be a part of it. He ends up meeting Ava ...
Bedtime Stories for Kids
Uncle AmonJune 15, 2015GetAre you looking for a children's book that is highly entertaining, great for early readers, and is jam-packed with bedtime stories? This children's storybook has it all! This is an excellent...
The Devil I Don't Know: An Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance
L.K. ShawMay 25, 2021GetJacob My father is dying, and I’ve been called back to Brooklyn to take my place as the head of the Italian syndicate. After a seven year absence, my first test of loyalty is to marry the ...
Apple Watch User Guide
Apple Inc.October 24, 2022GetHere’s everything you need to know about Apple Watch and the Apple Watch app on iPhone, straight from Apple. This definitive guide helps you get started using Apple Watch with watchOS 9 an...
Risking Millions
Lexy TimmsAugust 24, 2021GetLove is not something you protect. It's something you risk. Daniel Connor has a problem. A big one. Even though his company is a billion-dollar success in the hospitality industry, he's...
Today I Am Mad
Michael GordonSeptember 7, 2020GetKids feel emotions in big ways! Here's a great story for helping kids manage their feelings. * Help children learn to identify and regulate their ...
The Missing Ones
Patricia GibneyMarch 16, 2017GetThe hole they dug was not deep. A white flour bag encased the little body. Three small faces watched from the window, eyes black with terror. The child in the middle spoke without tur...
How to Think Bigger: Aim Higher, Get More Motivated, and Accomplish Big Things
Martin MeadowsAugust 4, 2015GetHow to Get More Motivated, Set Bigger Goals, and Achieve More by Thinking Bigger Have you ever wondered what separates people who think bigger from people who set their bar low? What makes o...
Hunting Season
Kate RudolphApril 5, 2021GetThis werewolf will protect his mate. Owen has one job: keep Stasia from being abducted. Easier said than done when his fiercely independent client tries to fire him the moment they meet. His...
The Art Of Letting Go
Thought CatalogFebruary 29, 2016GetWe often struggle to let some people go especially when they made that decision. We question the universe, we question ourselves and we question everyone around us but we never truly get our...
For Now and Forever (The Inn at Sunset Harbor—Book 1)
Sophie LoveAugust 16, 2016Get“Sophie Love's ability to impart magic to her readers is exquisitely wrought in powerfully evocative phrases and descriptions….FOR NOW AND FOREVER is the perfect romance or beach read, w...
The Holy Bible - King James Version
King JamesAugust 30, 2012GetHoly Bible King James Version Few Sample Paragraphs from The Holy Bible eBook, Genesis (OT) 1 Gen. 1 IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, ...
The Three Little Pigs
Mark LeskyMarch 22, 2016GetClassic fairy tales, legends and folk stories in short version without violence retold with lovely illustrations in simple language. Perfect for reading aloud to small children or for m...
Holy Bible
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsMarch 1, 2013GetThe 2013 edition of the Holy Bible contains all of the study aids contained in the 1979 edition and includes revisions to the study aids, several new photos, updated maps, and adjustments to...
Taking a Risk
Lexy TimmsMarch 16, 2019GetDivorced, childless, and jobless at 30. My younger self had it all planned. I would be married by 22—check. Have the dream job after university—check. And a couple of kids to go with the...
Mindfulness for Beginners: A Practical Guide To Awakening and Finding Peace In Your Life!
Alexander YamashitaJune 19, 2016GetThis book contains proven steps and strategies on how to apply the concepts and practices of mindfulness in day to day life.This textual guide begins by presenting common scenarios and moder...
Girl, Alone (An Ella Dark FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
Blake PierceDecember 16, 2020GetFBI Agent Ella Dark has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of her own sister. With her photographic memory, she has obtained an encyclopedic knowle...
Think and Grow Rich
Greg Habstritt & Napoleon HillDecember 23, 2010GetThink and Grow Rich is one of the most popular success book of all-time, having sold more than 60 million copies since it was first published more than 70 years ago. It&...
Nowhere Safe (A Harley Cole FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
Kate BoldSeptember 1, 2022Get“This is an excellent book… When you start reading, be sure you don’t have to wake up early!” —Reader review for The Killing Game FBI BAU special agent Harley Cole, as brilliant as...
Lady Danger
Glynnis CampbellOctober 12, 2014GetOver 250,000 copies read worldwide! The Warrior Maids of Rivenloch... Damsels in shining armor...riding to the rescue! Deirdre, Helena, and Miriel, three kick-arse Scots wenches known as The...
Dead Before Dinner
Kat BellemoreJuly 31, 2022GetGreen chile has never been more dangerous. Psychologist Maddie Swallows’ decision to return to New Mexico seemed like a good idea at the time, considering the divorce and her two te...
Baking Bad - A Cozy Mystery (With Dragons)
Kim M. WattNovember 4, 2018GetA tranquil village. A poisoned cupcake. A murdered vicar. A simple case - or it should be. But all clues point to the Toot Hansell Women's Institute, and Detective Inspector Adams is about t...
Habits
Ronald A. ValentinoJanuary 31, 2016GetWant to learn how to be part of the 5% that seem to get everything they want? Look no further this book has the answer that will completely transform your life by teaching you the tech...
The Art of Logical Thinking
William Walker AtkinsonFebruary 28, 2013GetAtkinson talks about successful pedagogical approach, guiding through the fundamental elements of formal deductive logic, classification and definition, fallacies, basic argument analysis, i...
The Art of War
Sun TzuOctober 4, 2010GetAn Apple Books Classic edition. It’s believed that Sun Tzu wrote this Chinese military primer during the 5th century BC-hundreds of years before the Bible. The book’s 13 chapters explore...
Already Gone (A Laura Frost FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
Blake PierceMay 11, 2021GetHaunted by visions of the future, FBI Special Agent Laura Frost must tap her psychic talent to hunt diabolical serial killers—while keeping it secret from everyone around her. But with a t...
Fighter's Heart
A. Rivers & Alexa RiversJanuary 20, 2022GetHe's tattooed, cocky, and hot as hell. The MMA superstar everyone loves to hate. Now it's my job to clean up his image…before it's too late. I never meant to become the P.R. specialist for...
10-Minute Social Psychology
Albert RutherfordJune 7, 2020GetWould you like to instantly catch people's thoughts, emotions, motivations, and intentions through mere observation? If yes, you've come to the right place! 10-Minute So...
Steal My Heart
Savannah KadeMarch 24, 2020GetClark is what she needs, but Walker is what she wants… Armed with a checklist and a solid understanding of the kind of partner she needs, Cara Larkin has waited patiently for Mr. Right to ...
Apple Watch User Guide
Apple Inc.September 16, 2021GetHere’s everything you need to know about Apple Watch and the Apple Watch app on iPhone, straight from Apple. This definitive guide helps you get started using Apple Watch with watchOS 8 an...
Fighter's Best Friend
A. Rivers & Alexa RiversJanuary 20, 2022GetMy best friend is hot, rich, and emotionally unavailable. Falling in love with him is the worst idea ever but try telling that to my heart. As a doctor who aced her way through medical schoo...
iPhone User Guide
Apple Inc.September 12, 2022GetHere’s everything you need to know about iPhone, straight from Apple. This definitive guide helps you get started using iPhone with iOS 16 and discover all the amazing things it can do.
Dream Psychology
Sigmund FreudNovember 1, 1899GetAn Apple Books Classic edition. Written by the founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud’s 1899 book is the definitive text on learning to interpret dreams. Freud’s groundbreaking...
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- Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds (Unabridged)David Goggins$21.99
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- The Midnight Library: A Novel (Unabridged)Matt Haig$14.99
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