My Name Is Lucy Barton

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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audibook edition of My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, read by Kimberly Farr.

A mother comes to visit her daughter in hospital after having not seen her in many years. Her unexpected visit forces Lucy to confront her past, uncovering long-buried memories of a profoundly impoverished childhood; and her present, as the façade of her new life in New York begins to crumble, awakening her to the reality of her faltering marriage and her unsteady journey towards becoming a writer.

From Lucy's hospital bed, we are drawn ever more deeply into the emotional complexity of family life, the inescapable power of the past, and the memories - however painful - that bind a family together.

Critics Review

  • A novel of shining integrity and humour

    Alice Munro on 'Amy and Isabelle'

  • As perfect a novel as you could ever read

    Evening Standard on 'Olive Kitteridge'

  • My God – she is fun to read

    Richard Bausch

  • As ambitious as Philip Roth’s American Pastoral but more intimate in tone.

    Time Magazine on 'The Burgess Boys'

  • Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force

    The New Yorker on 'Olive Kitteridge'

  • Strout’s prose propels the story forward with moments of startlingly poetic clarity.

    The New Yorker on 'The Burgess Boys'

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