{"product_id":"9780812989410","title":"Anything Is Possible","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReverberating 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030619930864,"sku":"9780812989410","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812989410_p0.jpg?v=1763809426","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812989410","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}