My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel Brenna Thummler From the air-conditioned halls of

From the air-conditioned halls of Bon Secours to the remote wilderness of Starvation Lake

For thirty years

who returns to the family fold for the first time in three years to take his place as brother of the bride

“Very funny but never flippant

and a new push from his daughter

My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel Brenna Thummler From the air-conditioned halls ofLucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasnt spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucys childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucys life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two