Am Meer

"What grace that we do not know what awaits us in life." The new bestselling novel by Spiegel bestseller author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout. Elizabeth Strout continues the story of Lucy Barton, her sensitive heroine who is not always spared from life's hardships. With her ex-husband William, she seeks refuge during the lockdown in Maine, in an old house by the sea. An unforgettable story about family and friendship, the fragility of our existence, and the hope that keeps us alive even when the world falls apart. She had seen it coming as little as most. Lucy Barton, a successful writer and mother of two adult daughters, receives a call from her ex-husband - and still best friend - William in March 2020. He asks her to pack her suitcase and leave New York with him. In Maine, he has rented a coastal house for both of them, on a remote peninsula, far away from everything. They initially plan to stay there for just a few weeks. But weeks turn into months, during which Lucy and William confront their complicated past together in the lonely house by the sea.