5/9/2023 0 Comments Order of lucy barton books![]() This is when her mother, whom she hasn't seen for many years comes to visit her in the hospital in New York. Lucy remembers hers childhood as the narrative progressives and it moves from present to various times in her past, most notably when she is in the hospital for an extended period of time after routine surgery. There are too few glimpses of joy in this complex, dysfunctional family but yet Lucy still can't help but think, "how our roots were twisted so tenaciously around one another's hearts. ![]() She carries the burdens of a none too happy childhood, one of poverty and sometimes abuse, sheltered from the outside world in many ways. It's painfully sad at times in her reminiscences of her life growing up in Amgash, Illinois. She's someone I'd want to know and a character I'll remember. ![]() In this short book I came to know what an extraordinary character Lucy Barton is. I also thought when I first met Lucy Barton that this was going to be a story about an ordinary woman. ![]() It is after all written by Elizabeth Strout. When I first started reading this I had the feeling that it was going to be a remarkable story. ![]()
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