Tell me everything

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-shortlisted author
Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize 2025

"Stunning, deeply felt and profoundly intelligent." — The Guardian

It’s autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer, Bob Burgess, has become enmeshed in a murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also developed a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer Lucy Barton, who lives nearby in a house by the sea.

Together, Lucy and Bob talk about their lives, their hopes and regrets, and what might have been. Meanwhile, Lucy befriends one of Crosby’s longest-standing residents, Olive Kitteridge, now living in a retirement community on the edge of town. They spend afternoons in Olive’s apartment, telling each other stories — stories about people they have known. "Unrecorded lives," Olive calls them — reanimating those memories and, in the process, imbuing them with meaning.

Brimming with empathy and pathos, Tell Me Everything is Elizabeth Strout operating at the height of her powers, illuminating the ways our relationships keep us afloat. As Lucy says, "Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love."

"A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own." — Hilary Mantel

"A terrific writer." — Zadie Smith

"Strout’s ability to reveal the wonder in unrecorded lives continues to astonish." — The Telegraph

Oprah’s Book Club Pick: "A beautiful read reminding us that there is extraordinary love in ordinary actions." — Oprah Winfrey

Elizabeth Strout, Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, 2022

ISBN

9780241634363

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Viking, (05 June 2025)

Number of Pages

326

Weight

232 grams

Language

English

Dimensions

196 x 128 x 22 mm

Categories:

Sense of Place Love and Relationships Modern and Contemporary