My Last Name

Ninety-five-year-old Lottie Barnes now lives in a care facility in her native Iowa. Restrained by the physical trappings of old age and cognitive decline, she struggles to comprehend her present surroundings. Nevertheless, her life story unfolds as she remembers key moments from her past with sharp clarity. "...a vivid and genuinely moving story. With a generous heart and sure sentences, Mr. Schumacher gives us an entire life in these few pages, a life we come to care about, and which, though it