by Elizabeth Strout · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780241248782
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«My Name Is Lucy Barton» is the literary novel by Elizabeth Strout, published by Penguin Books in paperback (208 pages, in English).
Lucy Barton is recovering in a New York hospital from an operation that was supposed to be simple when she receives an unexpected visit from her mother, with whom she hasn't spoken in years. Through their conversations, memories of a difficult rural childhood and the tensions that marked their relationship surface, while Lucy reviews the life she has built.
First installment of the Lucy Barton series. The novel was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016 and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2016.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction seeking an intimate novel about mother-daughter relationships and memory.
Elizabeth Strout is an American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization. She was born and raised in Portland, Maine, and her experiences in her youth served as inspiration for her novels—the fictional "Shirley Falls, Maine" is the setting of four of her ten novels.
