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Elizabeth Strout introduces new characters in her melancholy new novel

Elizabeth Strout's new novel "The Things We Never Say" introduces aging Massachusetts residents Artie Dam and his wife Evie, departing from her Olive Kitteridge universe while maintaining psychological depth. The book explores family secrets and existential malaise among middle-class professionals, making it Strout's most overtly political and melancholy work yet, with oblique references to Trump and American division.

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