“A short novel about love, particularly the complicated love between mothers and daughters, but also simpler, more sudden bonds . . . It evokes these connections in a style so spare, so pure and so profound the book almost seems to be a kind of scripture or sutra, if a very down-to-earth and unpretentious one.”
— Newsday
“This slim, perceptive novel packs more sentiment and pain into its unsparingly honest and forthright prose than novels two and three times as long. Strout . . . has always awed us with her ability to put into words the mysterious and unfathomable ways in which people cherish each other.”
— Chicago Tribune
“Spectacular . . . Smart and cagey in every way. It is both a book of withholdings and a book of great openness and wisdom. . . . [Strout] is in supreme and magnificent command of this novel at all times.”
— Lily King, The Washington Post
“It is Lucy's gentle honesty, complex relationship with her husband, and nuanced response to her mother's shortcomings that make this novel so subtly powerful.”
— San Francisco Chronicle
“A quiet, sublimely merciful contemporary novel about love, yearning, and resilience in a family damaged beyond words.”
— The Boston Globe
“An aching, illuminating look at mother-daughter devotion.”
— People
My Name Is Lucy Barton
Year
2016
Pages
208
Tags
Praise
“A short novel about love, particularly the complicated love between mothers and daughters, but also simpler, more sudden bonds . . . It evokes these connections in a style so spare, so pure and so profound the book almost seems to be a kind of scripture or sutra, if a very down-to-earth and unpretentious one.”
— Newsday
“This slim, perceptive novel packs more sentiment and pain into its unsparingly honest and forthright prose than novels two and three times as long. Strout . . . has always awed us with her ability to put into words the mysterious and unfathomable ways in which people cherish each other.”
— Chicago Tribune
“Spectacular . . . Smart and cagey in every way. It is both a book of withholdings and a book of great openness and wisdom. . . . [Strout] is in supreme and magnificent command of this novel at all times.”
— Lily King, The Washington Post
“It is Lucy's gentle honesty, complex relationship with her husband, and nuanced response to her mother's shortcomings that make this novel so subtly powerful.”
— San Francisco Chronicle
“A quiet, sublimely merciful contemporary novel about love, yearning, and resilience in a family damaged beyond words.”
— The Boston Globe
“An aching, illuminating look at mother-daughter devotion.”
— People
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