--- product_id: 431137874 title: "Oh William!" brand: "elizabeth strout" price: "NZ$72" currency: NZD in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/431137874-oh-william store_origin: NZ region: New Zealand --- # Oh William! **Brand:** elizabeth strout **Price:** NZ$72 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Oh William! by elizabeth strout - **How much does it cost?** NZ$72 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/431137874-oh-william) ## Best For - elizabeth strout enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted elizabeth strout brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Oh William! ## Images ![Oh William! - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41GVukLOmjL.jpg) ![Oh William! - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41d7e8hUwIL.jpg) ![Oh William! - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41FzqQUrbVL.jpg) ![Oh William! - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/510oq9MDzKL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Knowledge and Impression *by M***N on Reviewed in India on 27 October 2022* When successful American novelist Lucy Barton loses her beloved second husband David, she begins meeting William, whose third wife has just left him. Reasonable for two newly single adults to talk about their mutual losses, to help them come to terms with their past? What makes this intriguing is that William was Lucy’s first husband and they have two adult daughters. And when William persuades Lucy to join him on a trip to Maine where his mother Catherine grew up, and where he plans to search for his older half-sister, it is far from clear where the journey will take them.It is a decorous trip (separate hotel rooms!) and each remembers the affection they had for the other. What brought them together, what drove them apart and today, some marriages later, what they make of each other. Slowly, they learn more about themselves.Lucy had a wretched, deprived childhood in a tiny house on a farm in Illinois. Marriage to William and her success as a novelist has taken her far away to a prosperous existence in New York from where she travels around the world giving talks. She is deeply involved with her daughters’ lives; did her own mother have the same love for her that she shares so naturally with her daughters?William’s father was a German POW who was fortunate to get to the US. His mother Constance fell enough in love with the tall handsome stranger to leave behind her young daughter. As William and Lucy make their way around empty villages and farms in rural Maine, they come to the broken-down old hovel where Constance had lived. Seeing the similarity to her own family home, Lucy tells William, ‘You married your mother’. No, he replies to her surprise, he married Lucy because she was so exuberant and full of joy. Eventually, it is Lucy alone who meets William’s half-sister and discovers the strong resentment she feels for him, seeing him as a symbol of why their mother abandoned her.After their trip to Maine, William asks Lucy to come with him on a short holiday to the sun and sand of the Cayman Islands. Lucy is first surprised, then slowly begins to understand: the William she sees today is really no different from the one she married, but neither of them is the William she had made him out to be. The moral: we paste characters onto people we know and then fail to see them for who they really are.This is a remarkable book that slowly unwinds memories and misconceptions from the past and uses them to understand the present. The writing is consciously varied: strong and effective when describing the countryside and filled with broken sentences as Lucy tries to put together the thoughts in her mind. ### ⭐⭐ Overated, like a lot of stuff that there because of who wrote it *by A***S on Reviewed in India on 27 October 2022* The language is simple and it’s an easy read and do while I would give her 5 stars for that, because that’s really tough to do, I felt the story itself had been wrenched out of nothing and it fell flat. It’s for the white NYT reader looking for another one of their own to celebrate. The book lacks power and a memorable narrative. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Yet another endearing piece of work from Strout *by R***N on Reviewed in India on 30 September 2022* I continue to be amazed by Strout's writing. A classic example of the fact that it takes an expert to simplify communicating the most complicated thoughts and feelings. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.nz/products/431137874-oh-william](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/431137874-oh-william) --- *Product available on Desertcart New Zealand* *Store origin: NZ* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*