Categories, Collections, Filters & Keywords : Second Hand Books Paperback Modern Mainstream Fiction Keywords_Modern Mainstream Fiction Fiction Featured Authors_Elizabeth Strout Book Type & Condition_Second Hand Books Book Type & Condition_Second Hand - Good Book Format_Paperback All Books
Elizabeth Strout - My Name is Lucy Barton (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis
#1 New York Times Bestseller.
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize & The Women's Prize for Fiction.
An exquisite story of mothers and daughters from the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge
Lucy is recovering from an operation in a New York hospital when she wakes to find her estranged mother sitting by her bed. They have not seen one another in years.
As they talk Lucy finds herself recalling her troubled rural childhood and how it was she eventually arrived in the big city, got married and had children.
But this unexpected visit leaves her doubting the life she's made: wondering what is lost and what has yet to be found.
The story continues in Anything is Possible, Oh William! and Lucy by the Sea.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Good (Almost Very Good)
- Category : Fiction - Modern Mainstream Fiction
- Published : 2016 (Penguin)
- ISBN : 9780241248782
- SKU : B002926
- PPC : LL250gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'A terrific writer' - Zadie Smith.
'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' - Hilary Mantel.
'So good it gave me goosebumps. One of the best writers in America' - Sunday Times.
'This is a glorious novel, deft, tender and true. Read it.' - Sunday Telegraph.
'An exquisitely written story . . . a brutally honest, absorbing and emotive read.' - Catholic Universe.
'Honest, intimate and ultimately unforgettable.' - Stylist.
'Sympathetic, subtle and sometimes shocking.' - Emma Healey.
'Plain and beautiful . . . Strout writes with an extraordinary tenderness and restraint.' - Kate Summerscale.
'One of this year's best novels: an intense, beautiful book about a mother and a daughter, and the difficulty and ambivalence of family life.' - Marcel Theroux.
The Author
Elizabeth Strout is an American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization.
Featured Author . . . Elizabeth Strout