The Booker Prizes celebrates the world’s most outstanding fiction, whether written in or translated into English, and each month they shine a spotlight on a different book from the Booker Library.
The first Monthly Spotlight of the year is Elizabeth Strout’s My Name is Lucy Barton, and includes an interview with the author and an in-depth reading guide, an extract from the opening chapter":https://bit.ly/4btAX3A and a chance to win one of five copies of the book.
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Introducing the Booker Prizes January Monthly Spotlight: My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout.
An estranged mother and daughter attempt to reconnect in My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2016.
Lucy Barton is slowly recovering in hospital from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, who she hasn’t spoken to in many years, comes to see her. The unexpected visit forces Lucy to confront the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of her life: her impoverished childhood in rural Amgash, her escape to New York City, her faltering marriage – and her love for her own two daughters.
Born in Portland, Maine, acclaimed American author Elizabeth Strout has written 10 novels to date, five of which feature Lucy Barton. A decade after My Name is Lucy Barton was nominated for the Booker Prize, Strout reflects on where the character of Lucy came from, the importance of surprise, and why the novel is, in many ways, a mother-daughter love story.
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