My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout - 2016

UK: Viking, 2016. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/n/a. Signed by Author. Signed UK First edition, first printing - Scarce and especially scarce signed. A fine, unread copy of the first edition, first impression hardback - no dust jacket as issued. SIGNED to the title page. This is a FIRST PRINTING / FIRST IMPRESSION. Booker Prize Longlist 2016. Scarce. Synopsis: An exquisite story of mothers and daughters from the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge. Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasnŐt spoken for many years, comes to see her. Her unexpected visit forces Lucy to confront the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of her life: her impoverished childhood in Amgash, Illinois, her escape to New York and her desire to become a writer, her faltering marriage, her love for her two daughters. Knitting this powerful narrative together is the brilliant storytelling voice of Lucy herself: keenly observant, deeply human, and truly unforgettable. In My Name Is Lucy Barton,one of AmericaŐs finest writers shows how a simple hospital visit illuminates the most tender relationship of all-the one between mother and daughter.