{"product_id":"0812989414-anything_is_possible_a_novel","title":"Anything Is Possible: A Novel","description":"\n\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of The Story Prize • \u003c\/b\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book • One of \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e’s top 10 books of the year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecalling \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge\u003c\/i\u003e in its richness, structure, and complexity, \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible\u003c\/i\u003e explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others.\u003cbr\u003e Here aretwo 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. 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 \u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Lucy Barton,\u003c\/i\u003e the author’s celebrated \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller) returns to visit her siblings after seventeen years of absence.\u003cbr\u003e Reverberating with the deep bonds of family, and the hope that comes with reconciliation, \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible\u003c\/i\u003e again underscores Elizabeth Strout’s place as one of America’s most respected and cherished authors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“When Elizabeth Strout is on her game, is there anybody better? . . . This is a generous, wry book about everyday lives, and Strout crawls so far inside her characters you feel you inhabit them. . . . This is a book that earns its title. Try reading it without tears, or wonder.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003e(four stars)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Readers who loved \u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Lucy \u003c\/i\u003eBarton . . . are in for a real treat. . . . Strout is a master of the story cycle form. . . .  She paints cumulative portraits of the heartache and soul of small-town America by giving each of her characters a turn under her sympathetic spotlight.”\u003cb\u003e—NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “These stories return Strout to the core of what she does more magnanimously than anyone else.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “In this wise and accomplished book, pain and healing exist in perpetual dependence, like feuding siblings.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamily Life\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":47570808635582,"sku":"0812989414-4","price":14.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81XwxzLzw0L.jpg?v=1779479287","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0812989414-anything_is_possible_a_novel","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}