Lucy is both the main character and the narrator of her story. This hospital stay is a parallel to the years of struggle that Lucy has lived through as they both take a long time to heal. Lucy was in the hospital because she was not recovering after her appendix was removed. A key focus of the book is the relationship between a mother and her daughter, which is seen when Lucy’s mother visits her in the hospital for five days.
Paperback: 224 pages, November 29, 2016, ISBN-13: 978-0812979527Įlizabeth Strout’s new book, My Name is Lucy Barton, begins with, “There was a time, and it was many years ago now, when I had to stay in a hospital for almost nine weeks.” This nine-week hospital stay is woven throughout the whole book as Lucy’s story unfolds.
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