If you can't make it to Broadway to see four-time Tony nominee Laura Linney perform in My Name Is Lucy Barton, you're in luck! The audiobook of the one-woman play by Rona Munro, based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name by Elizabeth Strout is being released on February 4. In the piece, Linney plays a woman who wakes up after an operation to find her estranged mother at the foot of her bed, bringing back memories of a traumatic childhood. The production, directed by Richard Eyre, is currently running on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre through March 1.
Listen to the exclusive audio excerpt below, where Lucy Barton talks about growing up in poverty.
Audio courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio, excerpted from the audiobook My Name is Lucy Barton (Dramatic Recording) by Elizabeth Strout and Rona Munro, narrated by Laura Linney.