MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON

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 th e surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy s life: her escape from her troubled family, her desir e to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two daughters. Knitting this powerful narrative together is the brilliant story telling ...[Read more]