The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout

The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth StroutInternationally bestselling and prize winning author Elizabeth Strout's new novel tells the story of a chance incident in a man's life a poignant meditation on loneliness, friendship, and free will in a capsizing world. Artie Dam is a man with a secret. He spends his days teaching history to high schoolers, 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

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Watarrka (King's Canyon)

each woman holds onto the hope that the others are alive

their hoax takes on a life of its own

the authors speak to elders from Kathmandu to Aotearoa to South America and Europe about a pluriverse of serpent stories

is terminally ill

Our parents teach us by the way they act and by the things they say

they find themselves pursued by malevolent forces seeking a mysterious key

Includes part two of the exclusive bonus story "Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret

it’s both and it’s none

Then this is the book for you