ELIZABETH STROUT
u003cbu003e#1 u003ciu003eNEW YORK TIMES u003c/iu003eBESTSELLER - A simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter in this extraordinary novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of u003ciu003eOlive Kitteridge u003c/iu003eandu003ciu003e The Burgess Boysu003c/iu003e.u003c/bu003e u003cpu003eu003cbu003eu003cbu003eSoon to be a Broadway play starring Laura Linney produced by Manhattan Theatre Club and London Theatre Company - u003cbu003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE - u003c/bu003eu003c/bu003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY u003ciu003eThe Washington Post - The New York Times Book Review - NPR - BookPage - LibraryReads - Minneapolis Star Tribune - St. Louis Post-Dispatchu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e u003cpu003e 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. u003cpu003eu003cbu003ePraise for u003ciu003eMy Name Is Lucy Bartonu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e u003cpu003e "A quiet, sublimely merciful contemporary novel about love, yearning, and resilience in a family damaged beyond words."u003cbu003e--u003ciu003eThe Boston Globe u003cpu003eu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e"It is Lucy's gentle honesty, complex relationship with her husband, and nuanced response to her mother's shortcomings that make this novel so subtly powerful."u003cbu003eu003ciu003eu003cbu003e--u003ciu003eSan Francisco Chronicleu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e u003cpu003e"A short novel about love, particularly the complicated love between mothers and daughters, but also simpler, more sudden bonds . . . It evokes these connections in a style so spare, so pure and so profound the book almost seems to be a kind of scripture or sutra, if a very down-to-earth and unpretentious one."u003cbu003e--u003ciu003eNewsdayu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e u003cpu003e"Spectacular . . . Smart and cagey in every way. It is both a book of withholdings and a book of great openness and wisdom. . . . [Strout] is in supreme and magnificent command of this novel at all times."u003cbu003e--Lily King, u003ciu003eThe Washington Postu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e u003cpu003e "An aching, illuminating look at mother-daughter devotion."u003cbu003eu003ciu003e--Peopleu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e
