![]() ![]() That year her first story was published in New Letters magazine. In 1982 she graduated with honors, and received both a law degree from the Syracuse University College of Law and a Certificate of Gerontology from the Syracuse School of Social Work. Her father was a science professor, and her mother taught high school.Īfter graduating from Bates College, Strout spent a year in Oxford, England, followed by studies at law school for another year. She was born in Portland, Maine, and raised in small towns in Maine and New Hampshire. Currently-lives in Brooklyn, New York, and in Maine.Įlizabeth Strout is an American writer of fiction.and Certificate of Gerontology, Syracuse University Knitting this powerful narrative together is the brilliant storytelling voice of Lucy herself: keenly observant, deeply human, and truly unforgettable. ![]() Gentle gossip about people from Lucy’s childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy’s life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two daughters. Her mother, to whom she hasn’t spoken for many years, comes to see her. Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. A simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all-the one between mother and daughter. ![]()
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