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Olive Kitteridge: Fiction

Olive Kitteridge: Fiction

Strout, Elizabeth

Hardcover

General FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $30.00

ISBN10: 140006208X
ISBN13: 9781400062089
Publisher: Random House
Published: Mar 25 2008
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.10
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.45 Depth: 9.52
Language: English
Awards: ALA Notable Books, National Book Critics Circle Award, Pulitzer Prize
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of My Name is Lucy Barton and the Oprah's Book Club pick Olive, Again

Fiction lovers, remember this name: Olive Kitteridge. . . . You'll never forget her.--USA Today

Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force.--The New Yorker

One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century - A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post Book World, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, People, Entertainment Weekly, The Christian Science Monitor, The Plain Dealer, The Atlantic, Rocky Mountain News, Library Journal

At 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.

As 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. Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition--its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.

The inspiration for the Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, and Bill Murray

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