National Bestseller
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. 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. And eating, sleeping, and working side by side in the
gossip-ridden mill town of Shirley Falls doesn't help matters. But
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.
As 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. 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. Witty and often profound,Amy and Isabelleconfirms Elizabeth Strout as a powerful new talent.
Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge
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Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town ... Buy or find out more →
Abide With Me
$22.99 – Paperback book / Pocket Books
In her luminous and long-awaited new novel, bestselling author Elizabeth Strout welcomes readers back to the archetypal, lovely landscape of northern New England, where the events of her first novel, Amy and Isabelle, un... Buy or find out more →
Amy And Isabelle
$21.95 – Paperback book / Pocket Books
National Bestseller
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. In most wa... Buy or find out more →