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Oct 11, 2023miaone rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
For small towns, these places written about by Elizabeth Strout seem rife with incest of every description. Indeed, it is mainly because I early on got enough of that subject as exposed by Strout that I only skimmed her books. Sure…
Jul 11, 2023Pennies_Thoughts rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I kept waiting for the 'big reveal' of Lucy's childhood buried secrets. Apart from being raised in an impoverished and somewhat unconventional family no childhood trauma emerges. It's essentially the story of Lucy's reflections on her…
Jul 04, 2023WeBeYYC rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
not finish reading
May 05, 2023
"This quick read is a tender and honest look at the hurt as well as the love that is so often a part of family dynamics. Strout seeks hope and healing through this mother-daughter story." - Hannah
Jan 23, 2023SunsetBranch rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
As "Olive Kitteridge" proved, Strout is a wonderful, talented writer. What then can she be up to here, where the book seems like a direct transcription of an 8th-grade diary? More stories of failed marriages and family separations
Dec 15, 2022
1980s New York City hospital
Feb 11, 2022sunnyblonde rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I think this is the first of her books I have read. In all honesty, I found it boring. Rambling.
Jan 16, 2022trickbag22 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book takes us to the time she spent in the hospital and her mother comes to visit. This is part of the Oh William novel. Lucy’s mother stays with her for a few days after William pays her way. It is a time for mother and daughter to…
Apr 07, 2021
novella
Apr 06, 2021beetlebaily rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
It is a very "easy" book to read, but more difficult to really understand. I also find it very difficult to rate. Some parts are brilliant and very moving and others left me scratching my head. If I am forced to rate it, I would give it…
Sep 05, 2020AnnSkye rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
An unusual read, but quite enjoyable.
Jul 23, 2020Indoorcamping rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The best thing I have read this year, so far. Hands down. The way I was immediately transported into this character’s story, breathed her voice, lived through her words, is something I have rarely experienced. I completely didn’t expect it…
Apr 19, 2020SR806 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
This book was boring. It was constantly jumping from one topic to another.
Feb 01, 2020diannehildebrand rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A beautiful, powerful book. So real that you think it has to be autobiography, or almost a biography of yourself. I couldn't quite figure out her relationship to her mother, but that was part of the intrigue. Note to self: read anything…
Jan 29, 2020betsymarzoni rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
During a very long hospital stay, Lucy's mother arrives and sits at her daughter's bedside for five nights. Through their conversations we learn of the extreme poverty and abuse in which Lucy and her two siblings were raised and that the…
Oct 22, 2019jsjs rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Lucy's voice is sad and full of wonder at the same time. There are some tidbits of deep wisdom that I wish I had written down as I went along; I will go back and find them.
Oct 30, 2018Damma66 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I truly disliked this book. The story was boring and it seemed as if the Author's first language was not English!? The grammar was atrocious and the sentences were disjointed or poorly constructed. I kept hanging in there because it…
Oct 20, 2018Jane_Sm rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Sweet, ingenuous memoire-type novel. Like the character, Lucy Barton, much lies beneath a deceptively simple surface. Evocative and memorable.
Sep 06, 2018mztory rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
It was a very short book and I found it to be rather sad. I didn't see any joy in the story even the talks with her mother whom she hasn't seem for years. I found it to be a rather dark tale and in a way I enjoyed it but I was glad it…
Apr 04, 2018Sam_Stewart rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The chapter are extremely short and go between Lucy's time in the hospital looking at the Empire State building and the rest of her life. I couldn't put it down.
Oct 22, 2017EmilyEm rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Now New Yorker Lucy Barton is in the hospital for weeks with a hard-to-diagnose issue following surgery. She wakes one day to find her estranged mother sitting at the foot of her bed. The book is their conversations. Heartfelt and funny.
Jul 31, 2017lotuslori_8 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I wasn't impressed with Lucy's story as it is not much different than many of our own relationships with our mother.
Jul 27, 2017kmscows rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I read "My Name Is Lucy Barton" by Elizabeth Strout in 2016 when it first came out. I sped right through it, as it is a short book that draws you into the story of Lucy, her childhood and adult life. I recently reread it because I read…
Jul 17, 2017shareads rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book is easy to relate to and the interest factor sky rockets. I just don't like the tone of the book. It comes off as sorrowful and melancholy although I liked the book very much.
Jun 14, 2017maggiepcurtis rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Didn't know where this book was going while I was reading. Plus, it never really gave us any type of closure on things. It was very blah. But it was a quick read.