Lucy by the Sea (Large Print / Library Binding)

Staff Reviews

Lucy is back, and she's experiencing the beginnings of the way life was changed as the Covid pandemic started to spread. A year after the death of Lucy's second husband, Lucy's first husband, William, with whom she has remained friendly, whisks her out of New York City to a small seaside town in Maine to be safe from the disease. This is the story of how Lucy lived during the first year of Covid -- with isolation, life in a new environment, meeting a few new people, how she manages relationships with her two grown daughters and their life dramas, and coming to a new understanding of her relationship with William. The most impressive thing about Lucy is the way she reflects on her experiences (e.g. Grief: "God -- it is a very private thing.") and the way she can express in just a few words the depths of her love and empathy for the people she thinks and writes about. This is a beautiful novel, just as one would expect from the author.