Witty and often profound, Amy and Isabelle confirms Elizabeth Strout as a powerful new talent. Aside from Lucy, I did not find many likable characters.

Regardless of the outstanding writing, I just could not finish this book. I absolutely loved Olive Kitteridge, Olive Again, and Amy and Isabel. And as Amy seeks comfort elsewhere, she discovers the fragility of human happiness through other dramas, from the horror of a missing child to the trials of Fat Bev, the community peacemaker. 1/5: To begin, I have to say that there is no question regarding Elizabeth Strout and her writing. And eating, sleeping, and working side by side in the gossip-ridden mill town of Shirley Falls doesn’t help matters.īut when Amy is discovered behind the steamed-up windows of a car with her math teacher, the vast and icy distance between mother and daughter becomes unbridgeable.Īs news of the scandal reaches every ear, it is Isabelle who suffers from the harsh judgment of Shirley Falls, intensifying her shame about her own secret past. Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout 3.8 (49) Paperback (Reprint) 15.49 17.00 Save 9 Paperback 15.49 eBook 11.99 Audiobook 0. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. In most ways, Isabelle and Amy are like any mother and her 16-year-old daughter, a fierce mix of love and loathing exchanged in their every glance. Amy and Isabelle: A Novel - Ebook written by Elizabeth Strout. In her stunning first novel, Amy and Isabelle, Elizabeth Strout evokes a teenager’s alienation from her distant mother-and a parent’s rage at the discovery of her daughter’s sexual secrets. Isabelle Goodrow has been living in self-imposed exile with her daughter Amy for fifteen years.

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