My Name is Lucy Barton

by Elizabeth Strout | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0241248779 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Annimanni of Espoo, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on 6/11/2016
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Journal Entry 1 by Annimanni from Espoo, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, June 11, 2016
From the author's website:

"A new book by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout is cause for celebration. Her bestselling novels, including Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys, have illuminated our most tender relationships. Now, in My Name Is Lucy Barton, this extraordinary writer shows how a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all — the one between mother and daughter.

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."

Journal Entry 2 by Annimanni at Espoo, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, June 11, 2016
What an absolutely, extraordinarily beautiful book. This is the first one I've read by Strout but definitely not the last. The skill with which she captures loneliness, the love you feel for your parents no matter what, human emotion in general, is exquisite. This is a quiet yet powerful story that will stay with me for a long time. A true gem

Here are a couple of reviews for those that are interested:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/books/review/elizabeth-strouts-my-name-is-lucy-barton.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/02/my-name-is-lucy-barton-review-elizabeth-strout

Journal Entry 3 by Annimanni at Espoo, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Sunday, August 7, 2016
I've offered this as a ring. Here are the participants:

* ruzena
* Mecu
* aava
* erpax
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* back to me

Journal Entry 4 by wingruzenawing at Vantaa, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Tuesday, August 9, 2016
The book arrived. Thank you, Annimanni!

Journal Entry 5 by wingruzenawing at Vantaa, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Wonderful. Lovely, beautiful. Words fail me. Give me more books like this.

Thanks again, Annimanni.

Mecun osoite kysytty tänään.

Journal Entry 6 by wingruzenawing at Mäntyharju, Etelä-Savo / Södra Savolax Finland on Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (8/19/2016 UTC) at Mäntyharju, Etelä-Savo / Södra Savolax Finland

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Osoite vihdoin tuli, ja kirja meni.

Journal Entry 7 by wingMecuwing at Hämeenlinna, Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland Finland on Monday, August 29, 2016
The book has arrived in Hämeenlinna.

Journal Entry 8 by wingMecuwing at Hämeenlinna, Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland Finland on Monday, November 28, 2016
What a novel, so full of life and little observations of human lives! I can't think of anything more to say... This quote from the book covers it all: "All life amazes me.".

Journal Entry 9 by wingMecuwing at Hämeenlinna, Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland Finland on Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (12/7/2016 UTC) at Hämeenlinna, Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland Finland

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Finally this book is ready to move on to the next reader in the book ring. I'm so sorry for the delay! But I promise, this is worth waiting for.

Journal Entry 10 by aava at Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi / Mellersta Finland Finland on Monday, December 12, 2016
Lucy has arrived.

Journal Entry 11 by aava at Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi / Mellersta Finland Finland on Sunday, January 8, 2017
This is a beautifully written book, wonderfully clear. Shimmering with love in all those murky places between parents and children. While reading I kept on seeing my own mother, in a hospital bed on a clear and cold spring evening and every now and then I would feel her presence.

I know this book has been on many best books lists of 2016 so it was a wonderful way to start this year by reading it. Thanks Annimanni for sharing. The book will travel to erpax soonish.

edit 18.1.2017: On its way. Enjoy.

Journal Entry 12 by wingerpaxwing at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Thanks for sending, aava! Looking forward to reading this.

Journal Entry 13 by wingerpaxwing at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, February 4, 2017
Wow! I really enjoyed reading this book. There's so much left unsaid in it. I think the cover is stylish too. Many thanks for sharing, Annimanni!

Helmet-lukuhaaste

Journal Entry 14 by wingerpaxwing at bookray/bookring, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases on Friday, April 14, 2017

Released 6 yrs ago (4/14/2017 UTC) at bookray/bookring, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases

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Kiitos, Annimanni! Emme ole osuneet samoihin miitteihin, mutta tänään liikuskelen niillä suunnilla ja jätän jossain vaiheessa Lucyn postilaatikkoosi.

Journal Entry 15 by Annimanni at Espoo, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, April 15, 2017
Lucy Barton is back home.

Kiitos, erpax. Kirja löysi turvallisesti kotiin :) En tosiaan ole ehtinyt miitteihin pitkään aikaa, toivottavasti pian taas!

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