Glory
NoViolet Bulawayo
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
Read Time: ~4.3 hr
Oh William!
by Elizabeth Strout (2021)
About this book
"Strout's iconic heroine Lucy Barton recounts her complex, tender relationship with William, her first husband -- and longtime, on-again-off-again friend and confidante."-- Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. William, she confesses, has always been a mystery to me. Another mystery is why the two have remained connected after all these years. They just are. So Lucy is both surprised and not surprised when William asks her to join him on a trip to investigate a recently uncovered family secret--one of those secrets that rearrange everything we think we know about the people closest to us.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraContemporary
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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