The Things We Never Say ~ UK SIGNED WATERSTONES EXCLUSIVE FIRST/FIRST

Strout, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 0241814308 / ISBN 13: 9780241814307

Published by PENGUIN, 2026

About this Item

SCARCE SIGNED! PULITZER PRIZE WINNER! FIRST UK EDITION, first printing. Exclusive Waterstones signed edition which is personally hand signed by the author directly to specially bound publisher's signature page. NOT inscribed to anyone. NOT a bookplate. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting!

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? In this ?profound, resplendent novel?* from Pulitzer Prize?winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout, a chance incident sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher?s life

?Strout?s capacious empathy and rigorous attention to the nuances of human behavior and psychology are as evident as ever.??The Boston Globe

?Artie Dam is someone you may never be able to forget.??Financial Times*

Artie Dam is living a double life. He spends his days teaching history to eleventh graders, 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 neighbors, and, on weekends, takes his sailboat out on the beautiful Massachusetts Bay. He is, by all appearances, present and alive. But inside, Artie is plagued by feelings of isolation. He looks out at a world gone mad?at himself and the people around him?and turns a question over and over in his mind: How is it that we know so little about one another, even those closest to us?

And then, one day, Artie learns that life has been keeping a secret from him, one that threatens to upend his entire world. Once he learns it, he is forced to chart a new course, to reconsider the relationships he holds most dear?and to make peace with the mysteries at the heart of our existence.

Elizabeth Strout, as we have come to expect, delivers a moving exploration of the human condition?one that brims with compassion for each and every one of her indelible characters. With exquisite prose and profound insight, The Things We Never Say takes one man?s fears and loneliness and makes them universal. And in the same breath, captures the abiding love that sustains and holds us all.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Things We Never Say ~ UK SIGNED WATERSTONES EXCLUSIVE FIRST/FIRST
• Publisher: PENGUIN
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241814308
• ISBN 13: 9780241814307
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition, Special Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Dimensions: 13.8W x 20.8H x 1.9D centimeters 13.8 centimeters width by 20.8 centimeters height by 1.9 centimeters depth
• Weight: 0.556 pounds
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026 AND AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

A BARACK OBAMA 2026 SUMMER READING LIST PICK

The stunning new novel about love, loneliness and new beginnings from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of My Name is Lucy Barton, Elizabeth Strout.

'Strout is brilliant at uncovering what goes on beneath the surface of ordinary life’ THE TIMES

'Emotionally stunning, devastatingly wise . . . her best novel yet' RACHEL JOYCE

'‘Elizabeth Strout writes extraordinary fiction about ordinary people' TELEGRAPH

‘A moving, tender and wise novel . . . This might be Elizabeth Strout’s best yet’ CLARE CHAMBERS

'A devastating look at the dangerous cracks in family life and in the contemporary world at large. Strout’s prose is brilliantly understated and all the more powerful for that' BOOKER PRIZE JUDGES 2026

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. He is, by all appearances, present and alive. But inside, Artie is plagued by feelings of isolation. He looks out at a world gone mad―at himself and the people around him―and turns a question over and over in his mind: how is it that we know so little about one another, even those closest to us?

And then, one day, Artie learns that life has been keeping a secret from him, one that threatens to upend his entire world. Once he learns it, he is forced to chart a new course, to reconsider the relationships he holds most dear―and to make peace with the mysteries at the heart of our existence.

With exquisite prose and profound insight, Elizabeth Strout captures the way grief reverberates through decades, the comfort found in deep friendships and the freedom that comes when we break free of our secrets. The Things We Never Say is a stunning new novel from one of our most acclaimed observers of the human heart.

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PRAISE FOR ELIZABETH STROUT:

'A terrific writer' ZADIE SMITH

'A superbly gifted storyteller' HILARY MANTEL

'Elizabeth Strout is one of my very favourite writers' ANN PATCHETT

'She gets better with each book' MAGGIE O'FARRELL

About the Author

Elizabeth Strout is the Pulitzer prize-winning author of My Name is Lucy Barton, Anything is Possible, Oh William!, Amy and Isabelle, Abide With Me, The Burgess Boys, Olive Kitteridge, and Olive, Again. She has been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the International Dublin Literary Award, the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Booker Prize. She lives in Maine.