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Anything is Possible

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker Prize-shortlisted author

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Anything is Possible

By: Elizabeth Strout
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
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From the No. 1 New York Times bestselling and Booker long-listed author of My Name is Lucy Barton

Recalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and complexity, Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves 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 Elizabeth Strout's place as one of America's most respected and cherished authors.

'A terrific writer' Zadie Smith

'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' Hilary Mantel

© Elizabeth Strout 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

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Critic Reviews

I am deeply impressed. Writing of this quality comes from a commitment to listening, from a perfect attunement to the human condition, from an attention to reality so exact that it goes beyond a skill and becomes a virtue. (Hilary Mantel on 'My Name is Lucy Barton')
So good I got goosebumps... a masterly novel of family ties by one of America's finest writers (Sunday Times on 'My Name is Lucy Barton')
Strout's best novel yet (Ann Patchett on 'My Name is Lucy Barton')
A powerful storyteller immersed in the nuances of human relationships (Observer on 'My Name is Lucy Barton')
Tender, elegiac, this is the story of a single life that also manages to tell the story of many (Independent on 'My Name is Lucy Barton')
Sympathetic, subtle and sometimes shocking (Emma Healey on 'My Name is Lucy Barton')
This is a glorious novel, deft, tender and true. Read it
Elizabeth Strout's prose is like words doing jazz (Rachel Joyce)
Plain and beautiful...Strout writes with an extraordinary tenderness and restraint (Kate Summerscale on 'My Name is Lucy Barton')
Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge is the best novel I've read for some time (David Nicholls)
All stars
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When I first started listening I wasn't sure that I'd be able to handle the minutiae of the storytelling. But in the end I adored it.

My only suggestion would be to listen at 1.25 speed. The narrator is a little slow in her delivery. But exceptional otherwise.

Loved it

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I loved the stories and the people in this book. I wished it would go on and on

Beautifully written and narrated

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Like reading a grand puzzle, the characters of this book are ordinary folk at turning points in their humble lives, given full importance through the sensitive writing and excellent narration.

Interconnected life full of pathos for details

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What a book! Such everyday, dare one say ordinary, lives so beautifully illustrated and described l could see their faces and couldn't bear to miss a word. Thank you for this gift Elizabeth Stroud and you too Kimberley Farr for thoughtful and well-prepared narration.

Loved it!

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This book reveals that everyone has a story, a history of sorts. This writer has brought these stories alive.

An insight into humankind

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