ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2017 Shortlisted for the Rathbones Foli o Prize 2018 An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling and Man Booker long-listed author of My Name is Lucy Barton Recalling Olive Kitteridge in its richne ss, structure, and complexity, Anything Is Possible explores the whole range o f human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand t hemselves and others. Anything is Possible tells the story of the inhabitants of rural, dusty Amgash, Illinois, the hometown of Lucy Barton, a successful New York writer who finally returns, after seventeen years of absence, to visit the siblings she left behind. Reverberating with the deep bonds of family, and the hope that comes with reconciliation, Anything Is Possible again underscores El izabeth Strout's place as one of America's most respected and cherished authors.