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Amy and Isabelle, also stylized as Amy & Isabelle, is the 1998 debut novel by the American author Elizabeth Strout. The novel was first published in hardback on December 29, 1998 through Random House and is set in the fictional town of Shirley Falls, a location that Strout would revisit in her 2013 novel The Burgess Boys.
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In her stunning first novel, Amy and Isabelle , Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout evokes a teenager's alienation from her distant mother — and a parent's rage at the discovery of her daughter's sexual secrets.
Read an excerpt from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout's stunning first novel, Amy and Isabelle. Set in the fictional town of Shirley Falls, Maine, it evokes a teenager's alienation from her distant mother — and a parent's rage at the discovery of her daughter's sexual secrets.
Jul 1, 1998 · Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth Strout’s bestselling and award winning debut, Amy and Isabelle—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.
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For reading groups and individual readers, discussion questions on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout's stunning first novel, Amy and Isabelle . Set in the fictional town of Shirley Falls, Maine, it evokes a teenager's alienation from her distant mother — and a parent's rage at the discovery of her daughter's sexual secrets.
Premise. Isabelle and Amy Goodrow are a mother and daughter that are currently living in the small mill town of Shirley Falls. The two are frequently at odds, something that is partially because Isabelle keeps everyone at a distance, which strains her relationship with her daughter.
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Elizabeth Strout is the author of Abide with Me, a national bestseller and Book Sense pick, and Amy and Isabelle, which won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize in England.
