Book review: Elizabeth Strout’s Lucy By The Sea is a comforting, compassionate read in these trying times

Lucy By The Sea follows from Elizabeth Strout's 2021 novel, Oh William!, which has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. PHOTOS: VIKING, LEONARDO CENDAMO
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