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My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel (Original 2016; 2016. Auflage)

von Elizabeth Strout (Autor)

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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 lay 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.… (mehr)
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Titel:My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel
Autoren:Elizabeth Strout (Autor)
Info:Random House Trade Paperbacks (2016), Edition: Reprint, 240 pages
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Bewertung:****1/2
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Die Unvollkommenheit der Liebe von Elizabeth Strout (2016)

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Laphroaig is an impressively made flavorful Irish whiskey, yet only to the taste of some. ( )
  lelandleslie | Feb 24, 2024 |
A spare, melancholy book about the tension between feeling the impulse to precisely observe people and events and the elusive nature of memory; about how much you can feel for those whose lives briefly intersect with yours and whom you never see again, and the terrible push-pull between family members who find one another mutually incomprehensible. My Name is Lucy Barton is about bonds and isolation, explored as the eponymous narrator recounts both a lengthy stint she endured in hospital in New York in the '80s, and her impoverished and abusive childhood in '60s rural Illinois. Elizabeth Strout is very good at showing/not-showing the elisions, the sidlings up to and away from the painful things. As I read I found myself admiring Strout's restraint as a writer. However, although I liked the novel and the unresolved nature of the ending clearly signposts the further books that are to come in this series, I don't find myself pulled to continue reading about Lucy and her family—in a strange way, I think My Name is Lucy Barton told me everything I need to know about them. ( )
  siriaeve | Feb 15, 2024 |
Interesting title character. ( )
  bschweiger | Feb 4, 2024 |
Something happens that causes you to have an inpatient hospital visit. This in turn encourages your spouse to aid your mom in travel to be at your bedside. During her stay to give you company, a multitude of reflections occur. Some you make yourself because of the situation and those brought experiences, others because your mom wishes to or not to discuss them.
An individual with an unpleasant upbringing finds solace in some experiences and drawn reasons in the others. She also learns much about her mother and why she sees the world the way she does. Some of these I can relate myself and it’s hard, others I cannot and rs in relief.
Some of the writing I can see as interjections or recalls. Other moments gave me whiplash and I was u certain as to their purpose. Childish colors spilled now and again and I wasn’t certain if it was an element, or a bizarre shadowing. Either way, this story is potent and will reach each individual quite differently. ( )
  cmpeters | Feb 2, 2024 |
Audio Book. A melancholy account of her relationship with her mother.Goodreads: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. Her unexpected visit forces Lucy to confront the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of her life: her impoverished childhood in Amgash, Illinois, her escape to New York and her desire to become a writer, her faltering 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. In My Name Is Lucy Barton, one of America's finest writers shows how a simple hospital visit illuminates the most tender relationship of all-the one between mother and daughter.
  bentstoker | Jan 26, 2024 |
I was in Lucy Barton’s head from the very first page.

It’s rare when this happens – when the words of a book hypnotize you. The experience doesn’t feel like reading at all. It’s like falling into someone else’s consciousness...Strout’s skill in channelling Lucy’s voice is breathtaking, especially considering it’s the first time the bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys has written a novel in the first person....This ability to love life, to notice small kindnesses, to remember the light in the sky and across the fields rather than the horrors of her childhood home, is Lucy’s salvation.

It is what we allow ourselves to see that helps us survive.
 
My Name Is Lucy Barton confirms Strout as a powerful storyteller immersed in the nuances of human relationships, weaving family tapestries with compassion, wisdom and insight. If she hadn’t already won the Pulitzer for Olive Kitteridge, this new novel would surely be a contender.
 

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Strout, ElizabethHauptautoralle Ausgabenbestätigt
Farr, KimberlyErzählerCo-Autoreinige Ausgabenbestätigt
Mawson, MattFotografCo-Autoreinige Ausgabenbestätigt

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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 lay 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.

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