Artie Dam is living a double life. He spends his days teaching history to eleventh graders, expanding their young minds, correcting their casual cruelties, and lending a kind word to those who need it most. He goes to holiday parties with his wife of three decades, makes small talk with neighbors, and, on weekends, takes his sailboat out on the beautiful Massachusetts Bay. He is, by all appearances, present and alive. But inside, Artie is plagued by feelings of isolation. He looks out at a world gone mad—at himself and the people around him—and turns a question over and over in his mind: How is it that we know so little about one another, even those closest to us? And then, one day, Artie learns that life has been keeping a secret from him, one that threatens to upend his entire world. Once he learns it, he is forced to chart a new course, to reconsider the relationships he holds most dear—and to make peace with the mysteries at the heart of our existence. Elizabeth Strout, as we have come to expect, delivers a moving exploration of the human condition—one that brims with compassion for each and every one of her indelible characters. With exquisite prose and profound insight, The Things We Never Say takes one man’s fears and loneliness and makes them universal. And in the same breath, captures the abiding love that sustains and holds us all.

Taong 2013, isang karumal-dumal na krimen ang gumimbal sa bayan ng Pateros, hatinggabi matapos ang Pista ng Santa Martha. Mula sa larawan ng mga batang nagsasayaw ng pandanggo sa daan na kuha ng photojournalist na si Dexter De Dios, matutunton ng pulisya ang taong hinihinalang may kagagawan ng krimen—si Eli Boy Bustalenya, isang kitchen helper at delivery boy. Ngunit sa paglikdaw ng panahon, higit na mas nakaririmarim na katotohanan ang isisiwalat ng piping larawan. At walang utang na hindi sisingilin ang oras.

Taong 2013, isang karumal-dumal na krimen ang gumimbal sa bayan ng Pateros, hatinggabi matapos ang Pista ng Santa Martha. Mula sa larawan ng mga batang nagsasayaw ng pandanggo sa daan na kuha ng photojournalist na si Dexter De Dios, matutunton ng pulisya ang taong hinihinalang may kagagawan ng krimen—si Eli Boy Bustalenya, isang kitchen helper at delivery boy. Ngunit sa paglikdaw ng panahon, higit na mas nakaririmarim na katotohanan ang isisiwalat ng piping larawan. At walang utang na hindi sisingilin ang oras.

A terrible heatwave. A very tense baby shower. It will all end in tears...Nicki, Lauren, Charlotte and Steffi have been friends since university. Now in their thirties, life is pulling them in different directions - but when Charlotte organises the baby shower of hell for pregnant Nicki, the girls are reunited.Under a sweltering hot summer day, tensions rise - and by the end of the evening, nothing will ever be the same. Someone started a fire at the house - and everyone's a suspect... Is it Steffi, happily child-free but feeling judged by her friends? Is it Charlotte, desperate to conceive and jealous of those who have? Is it Lauren, who is finding motherhood far, far worse than she imagined? Or is it Nicki herself, who never wanted a baby shower anyway?In the aftermath, the police put together the facts - but the truth will shock everyone. Even you.BIG LITTLE LIES meets REALLY GOOD, ACTUALLY in the incredible new novel from Holly Bourne - it's the book you'll want to read three times, then give to every woman in your life.

A terrible heatwave. A very tense baby shower. It will all end in tears...Nicki, Lauren, Charlotte and Steffi have been friends since university. Now in their thirties, life is pulling them in different directions - but when Charlotte organises the baby shower of hell for pregnant Nicki, the girls are reunited.Under a sweltering hot summer day, tensions rise - and by the end of the evening, nothing will ever be the same. Someone started a fire at the house - and everyone's a suspect... Is it Steffi, happily child-free but feeling judged by her friends? Is it Charlotte, desperate to conceive and jealous of those who have? Is it Lauren, who is finding motherhood far, far worse than she imagined? Or is it Nicki herself, who never wanted a baby shower anyway?In the aftermath, the police put together the facts - but the truth will shock everyone. Even you.BIG LITTLE LIES meets REALLY GOOD, ACTUALLY in the incredible new novel from Holly Bourne - it's the book you'll want to read three times, then give to every woman in your life.