Title: My Name is Lucy Barton. Just me, my tea and the beautiful powerful words of this magnificent story. I feel the same way about Lucy Barton. Author: Elizabeth Strout. My Name is Lucy Barton takes place in a hospital bedroom where our narrator, Lucy, receives a surprise visit from her estranged mother. I’ll chalk it up to personal taste. presenting an original audiobook performance of the stage production of 'my name is lucy barton', starring academy award and tony nominee laura linney. My Name Is Lucy Barton Quotes Showing 1-30 of 131 “It interests me how we find ways to feel superior to another person, another group of people. Share this: Although the story has little substance - reflections of a woman who grew up in poverty and her… Readers’ questions about My Name Is Lucy Barton. Quietly and slowly, Elizabeth Strout's My Name is Lucy Barton draws you in. The author of Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys, Strout returns with a short but powerful novel as she tells the story of suffering and relationships. Goodreads Blurb: “Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Lucy Barton, the narrator of Elizabeth Strout’s new novel, My Name is Lucy Barton, has a story to tell. After not talking to her mother for years, she is finally reunited when her mother visits her in the hospital. My thoughts Firstly, there are four unavoidably clear assertions in Lucy’s story that I feel she doesn’t want the reader to forget: Lucy’s writing mentor tells her: To always stand by your work, do not defend. "My Name Is Lucy Barton" is a novel about the titular character and her relationship with her mother and first husband. You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author. Apr 25, 2017 rated it it was amazing. Lucy was raised in extreme poverty by parents who were not able to nurture and show her love in the manner that most children need. I loved him.†“The nurse let me borrow the phone. 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. My Name is Lucy Barton is a short, simple, and quiet story that took me away from the noise and to that quiet place that I love. My Name Is Lucy Barton tells the story of a woman, named Lucy, as she recovers from an illness and tries to make sense of/peace with her complicated relationship with her mother. Genre: Fiction. The simple and quiet books are starting to become a favourite of mine. Praised as "deeply affecting" and "heartbreaking" by 'The Guardian' (UK), this is a faithful adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout's best-selling novel of the same name. --San Francisco Chronicle "A short novel about love, …