About this episode

Elizabeth Strout discusses loneliness in marriages and her latest novel during an interview with Brendan O'Connor.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Elizabeth Strout, joined Brendan to talk about contemporary life in the US, loneliness within marriages, and her latest novel, The Things we Never Say. She was in Ireland for an appearance at the Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas.

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