“Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force. “Rarely does a story collection pack such a gutsy emotional punch.” -Entertainment Weekly “ Olive Kitteridge still lingers in memory like a treasured photograph.” -Seattle Post-Intelligencer The book is a page-turner because of her.” - San Francisco Chronicle When she’s not onstage, we look forward to her return. Kitteridge is a compelling life force, a red-blooded original. constructs her stories with rich irony and moments of genuine surprise and intense emotion. “Fiction lovers, remember this name: Olive Kitteridge. Olive is the axis around which these thirteen complex, relentlessly human narratives spin themselves into Elizabeth Strout’s unforgettable novel in stories.” -O: The Oprah Magazine The inspiration for the Emmy Award–winning HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, and Bill Murray Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition-its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post Book World Īt times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance a former student who has lost the will to live Olive’s own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.Īs the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life-sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless honesty.

The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Oprah’s Book Club pick Olive, Again.

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