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My Name Is Lucy Barton

by Elizabeth Strout

A hospital visit reopens a family history

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A hospital visit reopens a family history

While Lucy Barton recovers from an operation, the arrival of her estranged mother brings her childhood in Amgash, Illinois, into the present. Their conversation turns to people they once knew, while Lucy’s reflections connect family hardship with her later life: leaving home, wanting to write, marriage, and raising two daughters. The novel’s frame is intimate and specific—a daughter and mother together in a hospital room—but its concerns reach into the lasting effects of family ties, silence, and the pursuit of a life beyond one’s beginnings. Lucy’s own perspective links these strands, giving the story a personal account of how the past remains part of adult life.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in mother-daughter relationships and family history
  • Readers drawn to literary fiction about childhood, adulthood, and the desire to write

Themes

Mother-daughter bondsFamily estrangement and connectionChildhood and memoryWriting and self-determination

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Book overview

#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

Lucy Barton 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.
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