

This interconnected stories format works for me - in a similar vein to Kent Haruf‘s Plainsong or Louise Erdrich‘s Love Medicine series. Strout gives us these intense moments of clarity in a persons life - whether it‘s pain or shame or joy or hope - and then moves on to the next person. She impresses a character into my brain and makes me care so quickly. ⬇️
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