I read My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout which is set mainly in New York. Lucy is in hospital for a long period when her children were young. She was brought up in a very poor family. She got a good education and got herself out of poverty. She married a wealthy man and then had a completely different life. She was estranged from her family so was surprised to wake up and find her mother at her bedside. As the days go by she becomes closer to her mother and it is her relationship with her mother which is most of the story. Lucy is looking back on that time so it is a memoir. A slow-moving little story. 3/5
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