{"product_id":"amy-and-isabelle-elizabeth-strout-paperback","title":"Amy and Isabelle -- Elizabeth Strout, Paperback","description":"Before there was \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge\u003c\/i\u003e, there was \u003ci\u003eAmy and Isabelle\u003c\/i\u003e... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life.\"--Alice Munro \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize winning author \u003c\/b\u003eElizabeth Strout's bestselling and award winning debut, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy and Isabelle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e--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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Burgess Boys\u003c\/i\u003e--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.\u003cbr\u003e A Reader's Guide is included in the paperback edition of this powerful first novel by the author who brought \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge\u003c\/i\u003e to millions of readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Strout\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.15w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375705199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e69115 \/ Amy and Isabelle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/13\/2000 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1999 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Strout \u003c\/b\u003eis the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Pulitzer Prize; \u003ci\u003eOlive, Again, \u003c\/i\u003ean Oprah's Book Club pick; \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Story Prize; \u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Lucy Barton, \u003c\/i\u003elonglisted for the Man Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Burgess Boys, \u003c\/i\u003enamed one of the best books of the year by\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003eand NPR; \u003ci\u003eAbide with Me, \u003c\/i\u003ea national bestseller; and \u003ci\u003eAmy and Isabelle, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eArt Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003eHeartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the International Dublin Literary Award, and the Orange Prize. Her short stories have been published in a number of magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Elizabeth Strout lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth Strout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45653111472356,"sku":"9780375705199","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780375705199.jpg?v=1777707027","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/amy-and-isabelle-elizabeth-strout-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}