Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were
children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine hometown of
Shirley Falls for New York City as soon as they possibly could. Jim, a
sleek, successful corporate lawyer, has belittled his bighearted brother
their whole lives, and Bob, a Legal Aid attorney who idolizes Jim, has
always taken it in stride. But their long-standing dynamic is upended
when their sister, Susan—the Burgess sibling who stayed behind—urgently
calls them home. Her lonely teenage son, Zach, has gotten himself into a
world of trouble, and Susan desperately needs their help. And so the
Burgess brothers return to the landscape of their childhood, where the
long-buried tensions that have shaped and shadowed their relationship
begin to surface in unexpected ways that will change them forever.
With a rare combination of brilliant storytelling, exquisite prose, and
remarkable insight into character, Elizabeth Strout has brought to life
two deeply human protagonists whose struggles and triumphs will
resonate with readers long after they turn the final page. Tender,
tough-minded, loving, and deeply illuminating about the ties that bind
us to family and home,
The Burgess Boys is Elizabeth Strout’s newest and perhaps most astonishing work of literary art.
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