ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2017 An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling and Man Booker long-listed author of My Name is Lucy Barton. A Book of the Year according to: The Times Literary Supplement, The New York Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Observer, the Guardian 'Strout turns her clear, incisive gaze on the intricacies and betrayals of small town life' Maggie O'Farrelll, Observer 'Anything is Possible is predictably great because it's written by Elizabeth Strout, and brilliantly unpredictable - because it is written by Elizabeth Strout' Roddy Doyle, Guardian Anything is Possible tells the story of the inhabitants of rural, dusty Amgash, Illinois, the hometown of Lucy Barton, a successful New York writer who finally returns, after seventeen years of absence, to visit the siblings she left behind. 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.
