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Author | Elizabeth Strout |
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Audio read by | Kimberly Farr |
Language | English |
Published | 2016 |
Publisher | Random House |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print, e-book, audiobook |
Pages | 208 pages |
ISBN | 1400067693 |
Preceded by | The Burgess Boys |
Followed by | Anything Is Possible |
My Name is Lucy Barton is a 2016 New York Times bestselling novel and the fifth novel by the American writer Elizabeth Strout.[1] The book was first published in the United States on January 12, 2016, through Random House. The book details the complicated relationship between the titular Lucy Barton and her mother.
In July 2016, the novel was longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize. The book was also shortlisted for the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award.[2] The novel was also adapted for the theatre by Rona Munro as a one-woman show, with an acclaimed 2018 London production starting Laura Linney which transferred to New York in January 2020.