National Bestseller

In her stunning first novel, Amy and Isabelle , 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. 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. And eating, sleeping, and working side by side in the gossip-ridden mill town of Shirley Falls doesn't help matters. But when Amy is discovered behind the steamed-up windows of a car with her math teacher, the vast and icy distance between mother and daughter becomes unbridgeable.

As news of the scandal reaches every ear, it is Isabelle who suffers from the harsh judgment of Shirley Falls, intensifying her shame about her own secret past. And as Amy seeks comfort elsewhere, she discovers the fragility of human happiness through other dramas, from the horror of a missing child to the trials of Fat Bev, the community peacemaker. Witty and often profound, Amy and Isabelle confirms Elizabeth Strout as a powerful new talent.

伊麗莎白·斯特勞特，美國當代著名作傢。1956年生於美國緬因州的波特蘭市，大學畢業後開始文學創作，作品散見於《紐約客》等重要文學雜誌。1998年，齣版長篇處女作《十六歲的夏天》（Amy and Isabelle）, 先後榮獲《洛杉磯時報》首作奬及《芝加哥論壇報》中心文學奬，並入選橘子奬決選名單和美國筆會/福剋納奬提名。2006年齣版《與我同在》（Abide with Me），登上全美暢銷榜，入選美國獨立書商協會選書。2008年齣版第三部作品《奧麗芙·基特裏奇》（Olive Kitteridge），次年獲得普利策小說奬。其新作品為2013年齣版的《伯吉斯傢的男孩們》（The Burgess Boys）。