- Mothers and daughters, Fiction, Amerikanisches Englisch, Estrangement
"Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her and a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all--the one between mother and daughter"--
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Intimate, contemplative, earnest and contemporary.
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Elizabeth Strout
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 208
- Publisher
- Einaudi, Random House Inc, Penguin Books, Limited
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9788416261918
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