Their emotions fluctuate, in ways many people will recognise from lockdowns, with the desolation alleviated by small satisfactions, such as when Lucy finds a key piece in a jigsaw puzzle and thinks: “I am not unhappy.” Across her nine books, Elizabeth Strout has created a fictional universe and its weaving is increasingly intricate (Photo: Viking) In Maine, they take their daily walks, watch the news, drink wine and find solace and annoyance in each other’s company.
The pair are now in their sixties and early seventies: in Oh William!, Strout explored how they reconnected following the death of Lucy’s husband and William being dumped by his second wife. The title refers to the area of coastal Maine where Lucy and her ex-husband, William, decamp from New York at the beginning of the pandemic.
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