Lucy Barton is in the hospital for nine weeks following an appendectomy with complications. The novel is set during the five days her mother comes to stay by her bedside. It is written in the first-person narrative, which means the reader gets to see inside Lucy’s head: about her growing up in poverty, being abused, rising above it all, plus her constant worry about whether her mother loves her.
I loved the way the characters are so realistic. The book makes you think about big things. Like how we never escape from our past or the pain that was planted in us when we were growing up.
Nothing much happens in this book; it’s all introspective and psychological, recollection and insight - one has to read between the lines. It's what isn't said that twists you all up inside, it’s the undercurrent that gets you. There’s melancholy and there’s longing, and there’s tenderness, regret, and acceptance.
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