My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout | Summary & Highlights

MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout | Summary & Highlights - NOT ORIGINAL BOOK


Lucy Barton is recovering from a seemingly simple operation, however, due to a slow recovery is forced to stay in the hospital a tad longer than previously expected. Her mother comes to visit and through conversations with her and a recollection of her past she starts to reflect on her childhood and its affects on her present life.

In “My Name is Lucy Barton” the reader gets a glimpse into the past and gains insight into the complicated relationship between a mother and her daughter. After not talking to her mother for years, she is finally reunited when her mother visits her in the hospital.

The exploration through their relationship lends unexpected vision into all other relationships in Lucy’s life; her relationship with her husband, daughters, neighbors and family friends. Through this telling narrative one can gather the notion of a past’s affects on their present and their telling of “their” story.

“My Name is Lucy Barton” is the thought-provoking tale of a woman discovering herself, her mother, her husband, her children, and the world around her.


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