{"product_id":"the-things-we-never-say","title":"The Things We Never Say","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs95B300B{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eIn **The Things We Never Say**, **Elizabeth Strout** delivers a quiet, searching work of literary fiction that follows one ordinary life as it tilts, almost without warning, into the unknown. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eArtie Dam teaches history at a local high school, tries to meet his students with decency, and keeps up the rhythms of long marriage, neighbourly chats and weekend sailing on Massachusetts Bay. Yet beneath that steady surface sits a private loneliness, and a nagging sense of how little we really understand the people closest to us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eWhen Artie discovers a truth that has been kept from him, he’s pushed to rethink the shape of his past and the relationships he’s relied on—without Strout ever resorting to easy answers. Themes of grief, friendship and free will ripple through this Massachusetts-set novel with her signature emotional precision.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003ePerfect for readers who love character-driven stories, intimate family drama and thoughtful contemporary fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eAdd it to your shelf and see what Artie learns to say aloud.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dear Village","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52490666770708,"sku":"9780241814307","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6460\/0596\/files\/9780241814307_1.jpg?v=1778472235","url":"https:\/\/dearvillage.com.au\/products\/the-things-we-never-say","provider":"Dear Village","version":"1.0","type":"link"}