{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/679c3267811ecd43a9f19b7a/679c327374564c4194d87643?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Craft of Writing, the Booker Prize from Australia: Charlotte Wood on My Name is Lucy Barton","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/679c3267811ecd43a9f19b7a/de6faf6ccb5f378c2c5761079e380281.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Elizabeth Strout’s <em>My Name Is Lucy Barton </em>is a much-loved and perennially-read novel that has caught the attention of literally millions of readers worldwide. But it’s quiet, low-key book, about family dynamics and difficult feelings, with a modest plot and characters who wouldn’t seem heroic if you met them in real life. </p><p>Find out why Charlotte Wood found herself drawn to a novel that refuses to be a “people pleaser.” How does it connect to her own novel <em>Stone Yard Devotional,</em> shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize. Charlotte also unearths one of SLoB’s best-ever secrets about how Elizabeth Strout trained herself to write with radical honesty. </p><p>Sophie waxes lyrical about the landscapes of Strout’s homestate Maine, and Jonty makes a passionate care for <em>My Name is Lucy Barton </em>as a classic about men as well as women, equally compelling for the blokes.<br/><br/>-- To join the Secret Life of Books Club visit: www.secretlifeofbooks.org<br/><br/>-- Please support us on Patreon to keep the lights on in the SLoB studio and get bonus content: patreon.com/secretlifeofbookspodcast<br/><br/>-- Follow us on our socials:<br/>youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@secretlifeofbookspodcast/shorts</p><p>insta: https://www.instagram.com/secretlifeofbookspodcast/</p><p>bluesky: @slobpodcast.bsky.social</p><p><br/></p><p><br/><br/><b>Further Reading:</b><br/><br/>Elizabeth Strout, <em>My Name is Lucy Barton, Anything is Possible, Oh William, Lucy by the Sea, Tell Me Everything</em>, (Random House, 2016-2024)<br/>Charlotte Wood, <em>Stone Yard Devotional </em>(Riverhead/ Allen and Unwin, 2024)<br/>https://www.charlottewood.com.au/</p><p><a rel=\"payment\" href=\"https://www.patreon.com/c/SecretLifeofBookspodcast\">Support the show</a></p><p>Producer: Boyd Britton<br/>Digital Content Coordinator: Olivia di Costanzo<br/>Designer: Peita Jackson<br/>Our thanks to the University of Sydney Business School.</p>","author_name":"Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole"}