![]() ![]() My Name Is Lucy Barton is the first novel in the Amgash series by best-selling American author, Elizabeth Strout. Whatever we call it, I think it’s the lowest part of who we are, this need to find someone else to put down.” “It interests me how we find ways to feel superior to another person, another group of people. Do read "My Name Is Lucy Barton" first to fully appreciate "Anything Is Possible."Īside to Elizabeth Strout: YOU are a ruthless writer!Īside to Everyone Else: Read the book, and you will know why this is a compliment. This is the prequel to "Anything Is Possible," which is a series of stories about the people in Amgash with Lucy Barton as a thread throughout. Much in this book will make you pause and think. While in her hospital bed, she recalls her impoverished childhood life in rural Amgash, Illinois and the people who influenced her as she grew to adulthood-from the school janitor to her abusive and dysfunctional parents to a college professor with whom she had an affair to her husband. Now living in New York City, Lucy Barton recalls one brief time in her life when she was hospitalized in Manhattan with a mysterious infection. This is as nearly perfect as a novel can ever be. ![]() It is a simple story written in exquisite prose with a sophisticated message. It's all here in a very short book that will grab your heart and not let go. This is a story of life-childhood, marriage, motherhood. ![]() This is a story about the human condition. ![]()
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