Strout is, as ever, wonderfully attentive to life’s inescapable cruelties and woes
Sunday Times
'The shrewd-eyed observer of love, loss and the ties that bind – life, basically – is back. Strout weaves a gossamer light web of a community’s hopes and setbacks.'
- Observer,
Strout’s ability to reveal the wonder in unrecorded lives continues to astonish
Telegraph
Elizabeth Strout welcomes us home again, back to the small town where we witness the interconnection of all the characters we've ever loved in her previous novels. <b>It's a beautiful read reminding us that there is extraordinary love in ordinary actions.</b>
- Oprah Winfrey,
<b>Stunning, deeply felt and profoundly intelligent</b>
Guardian
Strout delivers that most terrible and yet important of literary clichés: a book with heart
Financial Times
I'm looking forward to the return of another literary friend, Lucy Barton, when Elizabeth Strout publishes <i>Tell Me Everything </i>in August'
The Irish Times - The best books of 2024 so far
A stunner that unites beloved characters from her previous books... Strout's musing on life and the importance of storytelling are downright profound
People
Pathos and dry humour gild tender reflections on loneliness and connection, and the redemptive power of storytelling.
Observer
Above all, Tell Me Everything is a novel of moods, how they govern our personal lives and public spaces, reflected in Strout's shimmering technique
Washington Post