5/11/2023 0 Comments Book elizabeth strout![]() ![]() It was kind of a strange, and lovely, experience. I sort of never intended to write that book, it just kept coming to me and unfolding to me as I heard her voice. ![]() I guess the inspiration for Lucy Barton came from initial scenes I kept playing with, having a mother and a daughter in that hospital room. What was the initial inspiration behind My Name is Lucy Barton? So writing was always with me, starting from my earliest memory of myself I was a writer. I do remember a phase when I was quite young, thinking perhaps I could be an astronaut (I suspect the point of view was interesting to me, to think of seeing the earth all on its own, so far away.) And I remember fleetingly wishing I could be a concert pianist, but I had such stage fright I knew that would never happen. In fact, I feel I was born a writer, and I always knew that. Read on to find out about Elizabeth’s fleeting dreams of being a concert pianist, the experience of seeing her Pulitzer Prize winning novel Olive Kitteridge being adapted for the small screen and the initial inspiration for her iconic and well-loved character – Lucy Barton.ĭid you ever want to be anything but a writer?Įlizabeth Strout: I never remember wanting to be anything but a writer. ![]() The first novel My Name is Lucy Barton was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2016. We caught up with Elizabeth Strout, New York Times bestseller and author of the Lucy Barton series. ![]()
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