Anything Is Possible (book)

Anything Is Possible is a 2017 novel of related stories by Elizabeth Strout.[1][2] It returns to the fictional rural town of Amgash, Illinois, the protagonist's hometown in Strout's 2016 novel My Name Is Lucy Barton.[3]

Anything Is Possible

First edition
Author	Elizabeth Strout
Country	United States
Language	English
Set in	Amgash, Illinois
Published	2017
Publisher	Random House
Media type	Print, e-book, audiobook
Awards	The Story Prize
Preceded by	My Name Is Lucy Barton

Former U.S. President Barack Obama included Anything Is Possible in a list of the best books he read in 2017.[4]

It won The Story Prize, a book award for short story collections.[5]

Contents

Story	Originally published in
"The Sign"	Original
"Windmills"	Original
"Cracked"	Original
"The Hit-Thumb Theory"	Original
"Mississippi Mary"	Original
"Sister"	Original
"Dottie's Bed & Breakfast"	Original
"Snow-Blind"	Virginia Quarterly Review
"Gift"	Original

References

1. Senior, Jennifer (26 April 2017). "Elizabeth Strout's Lovely New Novel Is a Requiem for Small-Town Pain". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
2. McAlpin, Heller (April 25, 2017). "'Anything Is Possible' Is Unafraid To Be Gentle". NPR. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
3. Jordison, Sam (25 September 2017). "Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout review – a moving return to the midwest". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
4. Liptak, Kevin; Zaru, Deena (December 31, 2017). "Obama lists his favorite books, songs of 2017". CNN. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
5. John McMurtrie (February 28, 2018). "Elizabeth Strout wins Story Prize for 'Anything Is Possible". San Francisco Chronicle.