LN271 Booker Books: The Things We Never Say, by Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout’s The Things We Never Say follows Artie Dam, a high-school history teacher whose outwardly stable life conceals a profound sense of estrangement from the people and world around him. When he discovers a long-hidden secret, the assumptions on which he has built his life begin to shift, forcing him to reconsider his marriage, his relationships, and his understanding of himself. With Strout’s characteristic attentiveness to ordinary lives, the novel explores loneliness, intimacy, secrecy, and the fragile bonds that connect us to one another. Ellen Bryson will be the guest leader for this discussion.

The Booker Book group reads and discusses—in English—books that have either received, or been on the short list for, the Booker Prize.

Two spaces are reserved for new WICE members. If no new WICE members have registered five days prior to the meeting, those two spaces will become available to the general WICE membership.

Registration for the November meeting opens on Saturday, 24 October.