My Name Is Lucy Barton : A Novel

from brangwinn

Don't let the brevity of this story lead you into thinking there's not much to it. Far from it, it leaves you with memories of motherhood and childhood. By placing the story in a hospital room, Stroud is able to cut to the chase as the patient, Lucy, interacts with her own mother who has come to ...

from vancouverdeb

Lucy Barton drew me into her story immediately. The novel is told in the first person and I was entranced by Strout's ability to capture Lucy's voice so authentically. The story is not plot driven, rather we get a memoir- like look into her life, past, present and future. Via this non -linear but...

from RidgewayGirl

This is a slim and exquisitely written novel. Lucy is in the hospital for several weeks. This is in NYC in the mid-1980s and she's alone; her husband is juggling their two young children and his job and can rarely visit. Then her mother arrives and spends several days sitting with her. That's the...

from lauralkeet

Lonely was the first flavor I had tasted in my life, and it was always there, hidden inside the crevices of my mouth, reminding me. Lucy Barton's story centers on a pivotal time in her life, when she was hospitalized for several weeks with a sudden unnamed illness. Her husband took charge of the ...

from ozzer

Sarah Payne is Lucy Barton's mentor and role model. At one point, she tells Lucy, "You will have only one story. You'll write your one story many ways. Don't ever worry about story. You have only one." Similarities in her body of work so far lead one to suspect that this may be the case for Eliza...