Amy and Isabelle -- Elizabeth Strout

Before there was <i>Olive Kitteridge</i>, there was <i>Amy and Isabelle</i>... <p/> "A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life."--Alice Munro <p/> <b>Pulitzer Prize winning author </b>Elizabeth Strout's bestselling and award winning debut, <b><i>Amy and Isabelle</i></b>--adapted for television by Oprah Winfrey-- evokes a teenager's alienation from her distant mother--and a parent's rage at the discovery of her daughter's sexual secrets. <p/> 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. That they eat, sleep, and work side by side in the gossip-ridden mill town of Shirley Falls--a location fans of Strout will recognize from her critically acclaimed novel, <i>The Burgess Boys</i>--only increases the tension. 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.<br> A Reader's Guide is included in the paperback edition of this powerful first novel by the author who brought <i>Olive Kitteridge</i> to millions of readers.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Elizabeth Strout<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage<br><b>Published:</b> 02/01/2000<br><b>Pages:</b> 320<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.52lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.03h x 5.15w x 0.73d<b