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.Ī Reader's Guide is included in the paperback edition of this powerful first novel by the author who brought Olive Kitteridge to millions of readers. 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, The Burgess Boys-only increases the tension. 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.

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. 'A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life.'-Alice Munro 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. Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout - Reading Guide: 9780375705199 - : Books Before there was Olive Kitteridge, there was Amy and Isabelle A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices.

Amy is a shy 15-year-old girl who lives with her single mother, Isabelle, a secretary at the local mill. Isabelle Goodrow works in a dead-end job in a self-imposed exile with her daughter Amy, trying to cope with the shame she feels about her affair with Amys. Before there was Olive Kitteridge, there was Amy and Isabelle. Film Details Notes Brief Synopsis Read More Television movie based on Elizabeth Strouts novel about the tensions and longings that exist in the lives of ordinary people.