Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout brings together characters from across her novels in this story set in Crosby, Maine. Lawyer Bob Burgess takes on the case of a man suspected of killing his own mother, while aging Olive Kitteridge and writer Lucy Barton strike up a friendship built on trading stories of ordinary, unrecorded lives. For the first time, three of Strout's best-known characters share the page. The mystery gives the book its shape, but the heart of it is connection, the small acts of telling and listening that help people feel less alone. Spare and humane, it reads like a gathering of old friends.
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What you might want to know about Tell Me Everything
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
In small-town Maine, Olive Kitteridge, Lucy Barton, and lawyer Bob Burgess cross paths as a local death turns into a quiet mystery.
Yes. It brings together Olive Kitteridge, Lucy Barton, and Bob Burgess, recurring figures from several of Strout's earlier novels, for the first time in one book.
Yes. It works on its own, though readers familiar with Strout's earlier novels will recognize the characters and their histories.
Tell Me Everything was written by Elizabeth Strout, published in 2024 by Random House.
Tell Me Everything is 336 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Tell Me Everything takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
Tell Me Everything is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.