My next book will be the sequel (?) Anything is Possible so I am curious to see the continuation of Lucy barton’s tale. Gender, media dominance and American heritage, some Valeria Luiselli also discussed in her novel Lost Children Archive.ĭespite My Name is Lucy’s brevity, there’s a lot going on which makes this novel an enriching read. Other themes which crop up are writing, and this gives the book a meta quality, for reasons that will be more interesting if the readers discovers it. Despite the fact that Strout’s book is 800 pages shorter than Ellmann’s, it’s interesting to see how both authors treat the same topic in a similar way. Weirdly enough I was reminded of Lucy Ellmann’s Ducks, Newburyport – another book which examined motherhood. Eventually an event happens which affects her children and makes Lucy questions her motives. Motherhood is the single most important one and it is seen from the start Lucy’s memories begin when her mother comes over to stay, Lucy is also forever thinking about her upbringing and whether she herself will be a good mother. What’s more important are the themes which emerge and there are lots of them. However every single piece contains significant information about Lucy’s and life and the reader can piece it together. Lucy’s memories are not in chronological order. It should be known that the hospital stint is a past event as well.
Her mother comes to visit her and Lucy then recalls her life : past present and future.
We readers first encounter Lucy while she is in hospital suffering from an infection caused by an operation. Three years later and this rereading has changed my perceptions about the novel quite a bit. I read My Name is Lucy Barton back in 2016 and I thought that the first half was slow while it picked up during the second half.
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