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. Remember that if you’re buying books as a gift, we also offer a wide-range of book prints, gifts and greetings cards for readers of all ages! Check out our print studio and gift-shop today. National Bestseller In her stunning first novel, Amy and Isabelle, Elizabeth Strout evokes a teenagers alienation from her distant mother-and a parents rage at the discovery of her daughters sexual secrets. If you’re buying books as a gift, we can gift-wrap them and send them wherever in the world you wish! We can even hand-write your greetings card with your personal message. If we recommend books to you through this service, we’ll can gather those books and send them to you no matter where you. Our recommendations service is open for all to use. Moreover, we pride ourselves on being able to track down and obtain any book our customers want. She now teaches literature in New York, where she lives with her husband and daughter. She has also worked as a bartender, waitress and piano player at bars across the USA. About the AuthorĮlizabeth Strout‘s tenure as a lawyer (six months) was slightly longer than her career as a stand-up comedian (one night).

Throughout one long, sweltering summer as the events of the small town ebb and flow around them Amy and Isabelle exist in silent conflict until a final act leads ultimately to the understanding they both crave. But when Amy, frustrated by her quiet and unemotional mother, embarks on an illicit affair with her maths teacher, the disgrace intensifies the shame Isabelle feels about her own past.

Shamed by her past and her affair with Amy’s father she has submerged herself in the routine of her dead-end job and her unrequited love for her boss. Isabelle Goodrow has been living in self-imposed exile with her daughter Amy for 15 years.

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