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My Name Is Lucy Barton

A Novel
By Elizabeth Strout
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My Name Is Lucy Barton follows Lucy Barton as she recovers from a routine operation in hospital when her estranged mother visits. Their conversations reveal layers of tension, longing, and shared history from Lucy's difficult upbringing in Amgash, Illinois. Through these moments, Lucy reflects on her escape from family hardships, her journey to become a writer, and her relationships with her own daughters, all told with a deeply human and unforgettable voice.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This novel will resonate with readers who appreciate intimate character studies and explorations of family dynamics, especially mother-daughter relationships. Fans of literary fiction and those interested in nuanced emotional storytelling will find it particularly compelling.

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter in this “spectacular” (The Washington Post) novel by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys.

“An aching, illuminating look at mother-daughter devotion.” —People

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, The New York Times Book Review, NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Miami Herald, The Guardian, Slate, BookPage, LibraryReads, Kirkus Reviews

My Name Is Lucy Barton is a story about Lucy Barton, who is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn’t spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy’s childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy’s life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two daughters.

Knitting this powerful narrative together is the brilliant storytelling voice of Lucy herself: keenly observant, deeply human, and truly unforgettable.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780812979527

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 October 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 193g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Elizabeth Strout is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge, winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Olive, Again, an Oprah’s Book Club pick; Anything Is Possible, winner of the Story Prize; My Name is Lucy Barton, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize; The Burgess Boys, named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and NPR; Abide with Me, a national bestseller; and Amy and Isabelle, winner of the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the International Dublin Literary Award, and the Orange Prize. Her short stories have been published in a number of magazines, including The New Yorker and O: The Oprah Magazine. Elizabeth Strout lives in New York City.

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