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Haunted by the freak accident that killed their fath er 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 bigheart ed brother their whole lives\, and Bob\, a Legal Aid attorney who idolizes Jim\, has always taken it in stride. But their long-standing dynamic is u pended when their sister\, Susan&mdash\;the Burgess sibling who stayed beh ind&mdash\;urgently calls them home. Her lonely teenage son\, Zach\, has g otten himself into a world of trouble\, and Susan desperately needs their help. And so the Burgess brothers return to the landscape of their childho od\, where the long-buried tensions that have shaped and shadowed their re lationship begin to surface in unexpected ways that will change them forev er.
\nWith a rare combination of brilliant storytelling\, exquisite prose\, and remarkable insight into character\, Elizabeth Strout has broug ht to life two deeply human protagonists whose struggles and triumphs will resonate with readers long after they turn the final page. Tender\, tough -minded\, loving\, and deeply illuminating about the ties that bind us to family and home\, The Burgess Boys is Elizabeth Strout's newest and perhap s most astonishing work of literary art.
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