Reading Group – The Burgess Boys

The Burgess Boys
Elizabeth Strout is receiving so much attention at the moment, caused in the main by readers recommending her to their friends.  I want to recommend her to you.  Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine hometown of Shirley Falls for New York City as soon as they possibly could. Jim, a sleek, successful corporate lawyer, has belittled his bighearted brother their whole lives, and Bob, a legal aid attorney who idolises Jim, has always taken it in his stride. But their long-standing dynamic is upended when their sister, Susan – the sibling who stayed behind – urgently calls them home.