The Things We Never Say (Hardcover)

Elizabeth Strout

ISBN 10: 0241814308 / ISBN 13: 9780241814307

Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2026

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Hardcover. The stunning Booker Prize-longlisted, instant Sunday Times bestselling novel about love, loneliness and new beginnings from Elizabeth StroutArtie Dam is a man with a secret. He spends his days teaching history to high schoolers, expanding their young minds, correcting their casual cruelties, and lending a kind word to those who need it most. He goes to holiday parties with his wife of three decades, makes small talk with neighbours, and, on weekends, takes his sailboat out on the beautiful Massachusetts Bay. He is, by all appearances, present and alive. But inside, Artie is plagued by feelings of isolation. He looks out at a world gone mad-at himself and the people around him-and turns a question over and over in his mind: how is it that we know so little about one another, even those closest to us?And then, one day, Artie learns that life has been keeping a secret from him, one that threatens to upend his entire world. Once he learns it, he is forced to chart a new course, to reconsider the relationships he holds most dear-and to make peace with the mysteries at the heart of our existence.With exquisite prose and profound insight, Elizabeth Strout captures the way grief reverberates through decades, the comfort found in deep friendships and the freedom that comes when we break free of our secrets. The Things We Never Say is a stunning new novel from one of our most acclaimed observers of the human heart. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Things We Never Say (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241814308
• ISBN 13: 9780241814307
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

With exquisite prose and profound insight, Elizabeth Strout captures the way grief reverberates through decades, the comfort found in deep friendships and the freedom that comes when we break free of our secrets. "The Things We Never Say" is a stunning new novel from one of our most acclaimed observers of the human heart. B format hardback.