Amgash #2: Anything Is Possible

Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout

Short stories, literary fiction | 254 pages

'Short story collection Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others.'

If there's one word to describe the whole book itself, it'd be TENDER. i- oh my god, i'm still not sure if i have the words to describe how much i loved it, and how much i enjoyed it, but i think, it's enough to say that this is one those books that i will keep thinking about, for a very long time. 

This book is second in line in the Amgash series and it consists of 9 short stories of people who were related (either closely or distantly) to Lucy Barton. 

Remember when i said last year, on how i felt the author was comfortable enough to just dance on the surface without feeling the need to dive under when there were so much depth she could explore? Yes, because it turns out, in this second book, it had confirmed my thought on how there were so much more i need to know and could be told, and the writer truly knows what she was doing, to only release bits by bits, one thing at a time. 

How i should put this in words? These are no complex stories and what makes it terrific is its subtleties, which what makes it tender. It's the exploration of human thoughts and those small sweet realisations of people, things and yourself. 

This books truly feels like a celebration for my ever-observing self, a dreamer who always appears floating away with all the longing and bittersweet realisations of my surroundings. 

When i see thoughts after thoughts of mine came in line, scattered between pages, i felt acknowledged and pure ecstasy. Imagine to keep creating magic in every short stories you wrote? 

Oh how I wish Lucy Barton's memoir is available to be read. Remarkable, spectacular piece. Highly, highly recommended.

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