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The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout audiobook review
A teacher’s private anxieties are subtly combined with political events in this Booker-listed tale set in coastal Massachusetts
TL;DR
- Artie Dam, a history teacher, notices dispirited students and feels a similar sense of hopelessness.
- He is personally distressed by political events and his own strained marriage with his wife, Evie.
- A past tragedy involving his son Rob and his girlfriend Heather significantly impacts Artie's emotional state.
- The novel, "The Things We Never Say" by Elizabeth Strout, combines political events with private anxiety.
- The audiobook is narrated by Robert Petkoff, who conveys Artie's kindness and despair.