My Name is Lucy Barton
by Elizabeth Strout
Taste attributes: dramafamilyslowfresh & originalrealisticenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivaltroubled leads
Boxlist takeA contained novel, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
"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 and a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all--the one between mother and daughter"--
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- Author
- Elizabeth Strout
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 208
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- Open Library
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