The Burgess Boys

by Elizabeth Strout

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton comes "a portrait of an American community in turmoil that's as ambitious as Philip... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1400067685
• ISBN13: 9781400067688
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

What a great book

This book was good in so many ways. The characters were fully developed. I was completely drawn into the story and the lives of these characters.

The Burgess Boys was a stellar read

Elizabeth Strout is an outstanding storyteller. Tracing the family history - three generations - in this novel set in Maine/NYC is done so well. She goes deep without being mired. Her prose doesn't waste a word. The Burgess Boys, like Olive Kitterege, kept me in page-turner mode from beginning to end. I've since gone on to find more Strout work. It is moving, insightful and honest.