The Things We Never Say

The stunning Booker Prize-longlisted, instant Sunday Times bestselling novel about love, loneliness and new beginnings from Elizabeth Strout

Artie Dam is a man with a secret. He spends his days teaching history to high schoolers, expanding their young minds, correcting their casual cruelties, and lending a kind word to those who need it most. He goes to holiday parties with his wife of three decades, makes small talk with neighbours, and, on weekends, takes his sailboat out on the beautiful Massachusetts Bay.