Anything Is Possible: A Novel

Written by:
Elizabeth Strout
Narrated by:
Kimberly Farr

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
24
Narrator
9
Release Date
April 2017
Duration
8 hours 29 minutes
Summary
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 are 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 (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.
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Treena S

Way too many characters. Too much jumping around from character to character. Disappointing.

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Judy P.

I believe I’ve found another new favorite author. I love this series (Amgash). Each chapter is about someone who has passed throughout Lucy’s life and then even a bit on her and her siblings. I love the author’s style of writing and now I’m going to start the 3rd book of the Amgash series!!!

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Kate P.

Loved this book and the narrator. The characters fit like a jigsaw puzzle, lovely to behold when finished

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Vicki N.

I think I liked this even better than I did My Name Is Lucy Barton. I loved the way the stories connected one to the other. I liked being introduced to these new characters and their stories. One of my favorite characters was Tommy. I thought his story was really interesting and liked that he had such a good heart. I like that Strout used not so familiar names, and that her characters were so real, emotional, and vulnerable. I’ve read a lot of reviews of this book where people said that they thought there were too many characters. I usually don’t like a lot of different characters either, and if the book had been one continuous story I might have had a hard time following along. But since it was a book of short stories that didn’t bother me. When one story ended, it was like going on to another book. I wish I could explain it better, but the point is it didn’t bother me at all. Kimberly Farr did a great job with the narration. It was very easy to listen to.

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Allott B

Well written display of human vulnerability. This book examines what lies under the surface of the people you share a day with, a week ignoring or a lifetime loving.

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Cori L

Horrible and boring. No actual plot. Little stories about 20 different characters with no actual events or plot or anything.

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