Viking Lucy by the Sea

I love the almost rambling style of writing that kind takes you into the writers mind as she struggles to cope with the challenges of isolation from family and friends during the Covid 19 pandemic. the book offers an inside look to one family's story of loss of friends, fear of being together and the loneliness that results. It is a candid perspective on how life alters when confronted with such enormous restriction and uncertainty. A compelling read, highly recommended.

Mir hat besonders gefallen, dass das Buch in der Originalsprache so schnell lieferbar war. Strout- Fan war ich schon vorher, und dieser neueRoman, der in den USA währed der Corona- Pandemie spielt, hat mir gut gefallen!

I'd read the Olive Kitteridge books and the previous Lucy Barton's so was looking forward to this one. Elizabeth Strout has a beautiful way of writing that is always sensitive but never ignores reality. Lucy has a complicated back story and I was curious to see where it would go next.There are 288 pages split into 8 chapters which are then subdivided further. The book was first published in 2022.This is a small book with a large font. I had high expectations and started it cautiously as I did not want it to end quickly.Lockdown effected people in many different ways and, reading this book, many of the emotions were reignited. To begin with, Lucy has no idea about what is happening so cannot be prepared. It's first person narrative allows her to look back and reflect - through that process she tells us about her total sense of bewilderment as the world started to close around her.Whilst maintaining a personal sense of confusion, ES shows that Lucy becomes more aware of her immediate surroundings - appreciating small details of nature that she had never noticed before. This allows the reader's memories to resurface and compare themselves to Lucy.Lucy is created in a way that any reader will be able to empathise on some level - whilst at the same time knowing that Lucy would not value this understanding.ES fills the book with contradictions - anger/contentment, frustration/calm, avoidance/involvement - many of which will familiar from the lockdowns. Lucy shows a rollercoaster of emotions all made more poignant during the pandemic.Lucy thinks hard about her life - she is respectful and humble. Any advice she gives is worth listening to and there is much that she says in this book that I wanted to remember so I could pass it onto friends/family when they are having crises of their own.Lucy is written to have elements of everyone and is a reflection of us all.

Don't buy it it is just normal writing during pandemic anyone could have written

Bon cadeau