Anything Is Possible: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (699 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XDRVPLY |
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| Number of Pages | : | 338 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Uneventful KayCeeRey I am an Elizabeth Strout fan. I inhaled "Olive Kitteridge" and was left sobbing after the last chapter. I loved the quiet and soulful pace and message of "Abide With Me." And I reveled in the message and meter of "I Am Lucy Barton." "Anything Is Possible" was, in my estimation, a patchwork of de. Richard Olsen, PhD PE said That this book made the NYT best sellers list; YesAnything is possible. I cannot see any reason to recommend this book. The character development was flimsy at best. Even the main character was one dimensional .The plot line was dry and sketchy. The author seemed to throw in a large quantity of players to make up for the lack of quality.. "Short stories" according to MARILYN. This was not a novel. It was a book of short stories. They were thinly connected but not enough to make it a novel. Stroud is a wonderful writer but I was disappointed nontheless.
Reverberating with the deep bonds of family and the hope that comes with reconciliation, Anything Is Possible again underscores Elizabeth Strout's place as one of America's most respected and cherished authors.. The janitor at the local school has his faith tested in an encounter with an isolated man he has come to help; a grown daughter longs for mother love even as she comes to accept her mother's happiness in a foreign country; and the adult Lucy Barton (the heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton, the author's celebrated New York Times best seller) returns to visit her siblings after 17 years of absence. Here are two sisters: One trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her life. An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by number one best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Recalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and complexity, Anything Is Possib