Anything Is Possible is Elizabeth's Strout's 2017 novel about the interwoven lives of characters who live in Illinois. As a follow-up to her 2016 Man-Booker Prize long-listed novel, My Name is Lucy Barton, Anything Is Possible uses short-story like chapters to give readers a glimpse into the lives of different characters who all have connections with one another in some way. This episodic novel is a meditation on what it means to be human and the ways our lives intersect with the lives of others.