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The Book Case

Elizabeth Strout Tries Something New

The Book Case

ABC News

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.7913 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Elizabeth Strout has departed from Olive Kittredge, Lucy Barton and Burgess Boys; she has even departed from Maine. Her newest, THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY, introduces us to Artie Dam, a teacher in Massachusetts who is just as full of depth, pain and laughter as any character Strout has ever written. Haunted by the divisiveness that has beset our nation, he searches for meaning in his family and his work, and is upended by a secret he never saw coming. A wonderful book full of Strout’s amazing ability to explore the follies and foibles of the human mind, THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY will charm you and such you in. Join us for a conversation about why she chose to depart from her already beloved characters to explore someone new. Find books mentioned on The Book Case: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302 Books mentioned in this week's episode: The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth StroutTell Me Everything by Elizabeth StroutOlive, Again by Elizabeth StroutLucy By the Sea by Elizabeth StroutOh William! By Elizabeth StroutMy Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth StroutOlive Kittredge by Elizabeth StroutAnything is Possible by Elizabeth StroutAmy and Isabelle by Elizabeth StroutThe Burgess Boys by Elizabeth StroutAbide with Me by Elizabeth StroutWinter by Elizabeth StroutThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe News from Dublin by Colm ToibinLove and Summer by William Trevor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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After a month of not seeing me, she was sobbing, so it's going to be something special.

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Welcome, welcome, welcome.

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It is really good to have all of you gathered around the computer, or gathered around your phone, or gathered around wherever you hear your podcasts.

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It is the bookcase with Kate and Charlie.

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And by process of elimination, she is Kate and I am Charlie.

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I am.

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And I love, love, love, May specifically at my house. Now, I'm going to give you guys just a little bit of background, so get comfortable. My mom and dad live in Seattle in this really high up apartment, and they love in the mornings watching, like, in the afternoons, too, the Eagles that live around their apartment building. It's like their own little nature channel. Well, in May,

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I have my own, and I'm going to tell you about it. I love it. So May, I live across from a really

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big city park with a giant Rose Garden and some beautiful fountains. And May is prom season.

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