The Book Show #1479 - Elizabeth Strout

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue

Published November 22, 2016 at 3:00 PM EST

Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth Strout’s bestselling novels Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys have illuminated our most tender relationships.

Now, in My Name Is Lucy Barton, she shows how a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all—the one between mother and daughter.

Originally aired as The Book Show #1440.

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Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.

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