{"product_id":"the-things-we-never-say-9780241814307","title":"The Things We Never Say","description":"\u003cp data-bb-audio=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eListen while you read.\u003c\/strong\u003e The audiobook is on Libro.fm, and part of every sale comes back to our shop. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bb-listen.thomasjohnjunk.workers.dev\/a\/9780241814307?s=product\"\u003eGet the audiobook\u003c\/a\u003e, and it opens the edition sold in your country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtie Dam is a man with a secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut inside, Artie is plagued by feelings of isolation. And then, one day, Artie learns that life has been keeping a secret from him, one that threatens to upend his entire world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new novel about love, loneliness and new beginnings from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of My Name is Lucy Barton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Strout's prose is brilliantly understated and all the more powerful for that' Booker Prize judges 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Elizabeth Strout\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eShortlisted for the Booker Prize 2026\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 May 2026 by Viking.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback, 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth Strout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312864895354,"sku":"9780241814307","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780241814307.jpg?v=1790527237","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/de\/products\/the-things-we-never-say-9780241814307","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}