description: Isabelle lives with the shame of her past and Amy, her daughter, frustrated by her quiet and unemotional mother, embarks upon an illicit love affair with her teacher. They remain in silent conflict until a final act brings rational closure to them both.
language: English
title: Amy & Isabelle
titlecomplete: Amy & Isabelle
genres: Family, Fiction, Contemporary, Coming Of Age, The United States Of America, Adult, Literary Fiction, Audiobook, Adult Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 26824
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction
publisher: Pocket Books