Olive Kitteridge: A Novel in Stories Book

Olive Kitteridge might be described by some as a battle axe or as brilliantly pushy by others as the kindest person they had ever met. Olive herself has always been certain that she is 100% correct about everything - although lately her certitude has been shaken. This indomitable character appears at the centre of these narratives that comprise Olive Kitteridge. In each of them we watch Olive a retired schoolteacher as she struggles to make sense of the changes in her life and the lives of those around her - always with brutal honesty if sometimes painfully. Olive will make you laugh nod in recognition as well as wince in pain or shed a tear or two. We meet her stoic husband bound to her in a marriage both broken and strong and her own son tyrannised by Olive's overbearing sensitivities. The reader comes away amazed by this author's ability to conjure this formidable heroine and her deep humanity that infiltrates every page.

Acclaimed author Elizabeth Strout gives us thirteen rich, luminous narratives centred on a singular and formidable heroine, Olive Kitteridge. Olive Kitteridge might be described by some as a battle axe or as brilliantly pushy, by others as the...