My Name Is Lucy Barton [electronic resource] : From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge
Strout, Elizabeth2016
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A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE & THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION An exquisite story of mothers and daughters from the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge Lucy is recovering from an operation in a New York hospital when she wakes to find her estranged mother sitting by her bed. They have not seen one another in years. As they talk Lucy finds herself recalling her troubled rural childhood and how it was she eventually arrived in the big city, got married and had children. But this unexpected visit leaves her doubting the life she's made: wondering what is lost and what has yet to be found. The story continues in Oh William!, available to read now! ***** 'A terrific writer' Zadie Smith 'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' Hilary Mantel 'So good it gave me goosebumps. One of the best writers in America' Sunday Times Elizabeth Strout's new novel Tell Me Everything is available for pre-order now!
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Strout, Elizabeth, Author
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[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin Books Ltd, 2016
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
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Elizabeth Strout is the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge, as well as The Burgess Boys, a New York Times bestseller, Abide With Me and Amy and Isabelle, which won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize. She lives in New York City and Portland, Maine.
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9780241975930
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English
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2800528
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