Field Notes from a Bookseller: The Election Edition

And how Elizabeth Strout is getting me through

A few months ago I finally picked up Elizabeth Strout’s My Name is Lucy Barton. It was becoming ridiculous that I had yet to read this book. I had read Oh, William immediately followed by Lucy by the Sea, and had loved them both. I was a new reader of Strout’s, and quickly became a fan. Lucy is one of my favourite literary characters so it was surprisi…