“In Lucy by the Sea, [Strout] continues to conceal her art in seeming artlessness and gives us a world in which nothing stands to reason or allows for easy expression. ”
Pico Iyer, “A Journal of the Plague Year,” Air Mail, September 17, 2022.Boston Globe: Getting to the Heart of the Matter
“In its emotional heft and honesty, its ability to go fearlessly to the darkest places, its pellucid empathy and its spot-on rendering of the pandemic experience for both individuals and the country, [Lucy by the Sea] is perhaps the best of the four marvelous novels Strout has written featuring Lucy Barton.”
Pricilla Gilman, “Getting to the heart of the matter: Elizabeth Strout returns with the pandemic novel we need now,” Boston Globe, September 15, 2022.NYT: At 66, Elizabeth Strout Has Reached Maximum Productivity
Erik Tanner for The New York Times
“‘I’ve taught myself how to get these sentences down, how to know when they’re worth getting down,’ said Strout, 66. ‘It’s like I’ve been training for a marathon my entire life and now there’s an acceleration happening.’”
Elisabeth Egan, “At 66, Elizabeth Strout Has Reached Maximum Productivity,” New York Times, Sept. 3, 2022.LitHub: Cover Reveal: Elizabeth Strout’s Lucy by the Sea.
I’m delighted to share the cover of my forthcoming book, Lucy by the Sea! It was designed by Anna Kochman and Greg Mollica, with art by Jeremy Miranda.
As I told LitHub, I think it’s gorgeous and captures the fear and the exhilaration of all that happens in this book.
Lucy by the Sea will be on sale from Random House on September 20th, 2022. You can preorder it now.
“Exclusive cover reveal: Elizabeth Strout’s Lucy by the Sea,” LitHub, March 22, 2022.