The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
When Susan’s son instigates a racial incident in their small Maine town, she calls her two lawyer brothers. Reluctantly they return to their hometown only to have old resentments flare up. Strout creates characters who are not easily likeable but who endure. Excellent follow-up to Olive Kitteridge. — Wendee Wieking, Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, …
