{"product_id":"anything-is-possible-9780812989410","title":"Anything Is Possible","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here are\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etwo 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812989410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Elizabeth Strout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644464296092,"sku":"9780812989410","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_45fd7f5c-b66e-4d2a-bac6-5a8238570c03.jpg?v=1603858690","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/anything-is-possible-9780812989410","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}