Anything Is Possible

NEW YORK TIMES **BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this “compulsively readable” (** San Francisco Chronicle **) novel from #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout “This book, this writer, are magnificent.”—Ann Patchett** **Winner of The Story Prize •** **A** Washington Post **and** New York Times **Notable Book • One of** USA Today **’s top 10 books of the year ** Recalling *Olive Kitteridge* in its richness, structure, and complexity, *Anything Is Possible* explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others. Here aretwo 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 *My Name Is Lucy Barton,* the author’s celebrated *New York Times* bestseller) returns to visit her siblings after seventeen years of absence. Reverberating with the deep bonds of family, and the hope that comes with reconciliation, *Anything Is Possible* again underscores Elizabeth Strout’s place as one of America’s most respected and cherished authors.