My Name Is Lucy Barton
4 journalers for this copy...
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.
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LadyIndigo at
Orange, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, March 14, 2017
My Name is Lucy Barton was a different kind of book for me, and writing it surprised me. While I hope for all my books to provide the reader with a kind of intimate experience this one seems particularly available for that, I think. It is written in the first person — the only novel I have written this way — and her voice became very real to me as I wrote; I felt I knew her very well, and I hope the reader feels this too.
— Elizabeth Strout, Author's Note for My Name Is Lucy Barton
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longlisted for the Man Booker prize 2016 and the Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
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LadyIndigo at
RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Released 7 yrs ago (3/15/2017 UTC) at RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases
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happy reading
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crimson-tide at
Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, March 23, 2017
Thank you so much LadyIndigo for this lovely wishlist RABCK.
I'm sure I'll enjoy it.
:D
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crimson-tide at
Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Such a wonderful book. Tender, sad, and achingly beautiful. Thanks once again for the chance to read it, LadyIndigo.
Now being read by the other member of the household, and then will be off travelling again to a new BC home.
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crimson-tide at
Beerwah, Queensland Australia on Monday, June 19, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (6/19/2017 UTC) at Beerwah, Queensland Australia
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Spied on the wishlist of a very generous BookCrosser and posted off to New Zealand today. Hope you enjoy it.
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7 by
Edwardstreet at
Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Thursday, June 29, 2017
Letter box surprise. Thank you.
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8 by
Edwardstreet at
—- by hand, post, or courier in Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Sunday, July 2, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (7/2/2017 UTC) at —- by hand, post, or courier in Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand
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Released as part of the Australasian wishlist tag after jeniwren volunteered to be skipped. I loved Olive Kitteridge and had high hopes for this. Not quite as satisfying.
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Edwardstreet at
—- by hand, post, or courier in Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Sunday, July 2, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (7/3/2017 UTC) at —- by hand, post, or courier in Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand
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Jeniwren volunteered to be skipped on the Australasian wishlist tag and saw you have this on your wishlist so... enjoy
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10 by
kiwiinengland at
Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Friday, July 14, 2017
Thanks for sending this book my way!
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kiwiinengland at
Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Friday, July 20, 2018
A dash of short thoughts about someone's life.
I enjoyed the writing style, but I didn't understand some of the themes.
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12 by
kiwiinengland at
Hobson Villa in Thorndon, Wellington Province New Zealand on Saturday, July 21, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (7/20/2018 UTC) at Hobson Villa in Thorndon, Wellington Province New Zealand
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If you aren't familiar with Bookcrossing, take a few minutes to check out this very cool site. Bookcrossers LOVE books, and more than anything, they love to read books and then set them free for other people to find and enjoy. I would love it if you would leave a journal entry -- you can say where you found the book or how you liked it when you read it.