![]() ![]() She now teaches literature in New York, where she lives with her husband and daughter. She has also worked as a bartender, waitress and piano player at bars across the USA. Throughout one long, sweltering summer as the events of the small town ebb and flow around them Amy and Isabelle exist in silent conflict until a final act leads ultimately to the understanding they both crave.Ībout the Author: Elizabeth Strout's tenure as a lawyer (six months) was slightly longer than her career as a stand-up comedian (one night). ![]() ![]() But when Amy, frustrated by her quiet and unemotional mother, embarks on an illicit affair with her maths teacher, the disgrace intensifies the shame Isabelle feels about her own past. Shamed by her past and her affair with Amy's father she has submerged herself in the routine of her dead-end job and her unrequited love for her boss. Isabelle Goodrow has been living in self-imposed exile with her daughter Amy for 15 years. strain on shy teenager Amy Goodrows already difficult relationship with her domineering mother. From the Man Booker Prize longlisted author of My Name is Lucy Barton ![]()
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