{"product_id":"1400067685-the_burgess_boys_a_novel","title":"The Burgess Boys: A Novel","description":"\n\n\u003cp class=\"null1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Strout “animates the ordinary with an astonishing force,” wrote \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e on the publication of her Pulitzer Prize–winning \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge\u003c\/i\u003e. The \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e praised Strout’s “magnificent gift for humanizing characters.” Now the acclaimed author returns with a stunning novel as powerful and moving as any work in contemporary literature.\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine hometown of Shirley Falls for New York City as soon as they possibly could. Jim, a sleek, successful corporate lawyer, has belittled his bighearted brother their whole lives, and Bob, a Legal Aid attorney who idolizes Jim, has always taken it in stride. But their long-standing dynamic is upended when their sister, Susan—the Burgess sibling who stayed behind—urgently calls them home. Her lonely teenage son, Zach, has gotten himself into a world of trouble, and Susan desperately needs their help. And so the Burgess brothers return to the landscape of their childhood, where the long-buried tensions that have shaped and shadowed their relationship begin to surface in unexpected ways that will change them forever.\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n With a rare combination of brilliant storytelling, exquisite prose, and remarkable insight into character, Elizabeth Strout has brought to life two deeply human protagonists whose struggles and triumphs will resonate with readers long after they turn the final page. Tender, tough-minded, loving, and deeply illuminating about the ties that bind us to family and home, \u003ci\u003eThe Burgess Boys\u003c\/i\u003e is Elizabeth Strout’s newest and perhaps most astonishing work of literary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"null1\"\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Burgess Boys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Elizabeth Strout’s first two books, \u003ci\u003eAbide with Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmy and Isabelle,\u003c\/i\u003e were highly thought of, and her third, \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge,\u003c\/i\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. But \u003ci\u003eThe Burgess Boys,\u003c\/i\u003e her most recent novel, is her best yet.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n “No one should be surprised by the poignancy and emotional vigor of Elizabeth Strout’s new novel. But the broad social and political range of \u003ci\u003eThe Burgess Boys\u003c\/i\u003e shows just how impressively this extraordinary writer continues to develop.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n “Strout’s greatest gift as a writer, outside a diamond-sharp precision that packs 320 fast-paced pages full of insight, is her ability to let the reader in on all the rancor of her characters without making any of them truly detestable. . . . Strout creates a portrait of an American community in turmoil that’s as ambitious as Philip Roth’s \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pastoral\u003c\/i\u003e but more intimate in tone.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n “What truly makes Strout exceptional—and her latest supple and penetrating novel so profoundly affecting—is the perfect balance she achieves between the tides of story and depths of feeling. . . . Every element in Strout’s graceful, many-faceted novel is keenly observed, lustrously imagined and trenchantly interpreted.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n “Strout deftly exposes the tensions that fester among families. But she also takes a broader view, probing cultural divides. . . . Illustrating the power of roots, Strout assures us we can go home again—though we may not want to.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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\"\u003eMultigenerational\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","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":48785271783614,"sku":"1400067685-3","price":21.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/61_cnSqv5lL.jpg?v=1787676309","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1400067685-the_burgess_boys_a_novel","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}