{"product_id":"oh-william","title":"Oh William!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-longlisted, bestselling author  returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about  love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any point in life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy Barton is a successful writer living in  New York, navigating the second half of her life as a recent widow and  parent to two adult daughters. A surprise encounter leads her to  reconnect with William, her first husband - and longtime,  on-again-off-again friend and confidante. Recalling their college years, the birth of their daughters, the painful dissolution of their  marriage, and the lives they built with other people, Strout weaves a  portrait, stunning in its subtlety, of a tender, complex, decades-long  partnership.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOh William!\u003c\/em\u003e captures the joy and sorrow of  watching children grow up and start families of their own; of  discovering family secrets, late in life, that alter everything we think we know about those closest to us; and the way people live and love,  against all odds. At the heart of this story is the unforgettable,  indomitable voice of Lucy Barton, who once again offers a profound,  lasting reflection on the mystery of existence.\u003cem\u003e 'This is the way of life,'\u003c\/em\u003e Lucy says. \u003cem\u003e'The many things we do not know until it is too late.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Elizabeth Strout is one of my very favourite writers, so the fact that \u003cem\u003eOh William!\u003c\/em\u003e may well be my favorite of her books is a mathematical equation for  joy. The depth, complexity, and love contained in these pages is a  miraculous achievement' Ann Patchett \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264062996774,"sku":"oh-william","price":69.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/744232dc-d95b-447c-8ba9-f76606120f87.jpg?v=1701091595","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/oh-william","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}