Yet her daughter is also filled with longing, and in the absence of better guidance bestows her affections on the substitute math teacher, Mr. But her real concern is with and for her daughter. She longs for more, from him and from life itself. Isabelle works as secretary to the head of the local mill. Isabelle Goodrow lives in a small cottage in Shirley Falls with her teenage daughter, Amy.
And just when it appears things can't get any worse, Amy's sexuality begins to unfold, causing a vast and icy rift between mother and daughter that will remain unbridgeable unless Isabelle examines her own secretive and shameful past.Ī Reader's Guide is included in the paperback edition of this powerful first novel by the author who brought Olive Kitterid … ( more) That they eat, sleep, and work side by side in the gossip-ridden mill town of Shirley Fallsâ?a location fans of Strout will recognize from her critically acclaimed novel, The Burgess Boysâ?only increases the tension. 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. Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth Stroutâ?s bestselling and award winning debut, Amy and Isabelleâ?adapted for television by Oprah Winfreyâ? evokes a teenager's alienation from her distant motherâ?and a parent's rage at the discovery of her daughter's sexual secrets.
Â?A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life.â?â?Alice Munro HTML:Before there was Olive Kitteridge, there was Amy and Isabelleâ?¦
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