Originally published: New York : Random House, 2017.
Summary
A collection of stories tell of 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. 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 returns to visit her siblings after seventeen years of absence.
Contents
The sign -- Windmills -- Cracked -- The hit-thumb theory -- Mississippi Mary -- Sister -- Dottie's bed & breakfast -- Snow-blind -- Gift.
Summary
Strout's stories explore the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others.
