" -Newsweek "The characters are plagued by such profound regrets, resentments and frustrations it's difficult to not empathize with their staggering levels of loneliness and disillusionment.Love and acceptance are the underlying themes Strout carefully buries between the lines of unhappiness throughout the novel, making Olive Kitteridge and her family, friends and foes tangible, set in a story just as real." -Rocky Mountain News "Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force." -The New Yorker "Mesmerizing." -Tampa Tribune "Strout has a wonderful ability to turn a phrase. Strout's craftsmanship - the way she constructs her stories with rich irony and moments of genuine surprise and intense emotion - is first rate.Glorious, powerful stuff." -USA Today "You will find yourself thinking about this touching, prickly character long after you have finished. Kudos to Elizabeth Strout.who not only has created a sui generis character in Olive but has done so in brilliantly revealing way.By the end.you'll be madly in love.There is so much to admire here.
If you're going to read one book of short fiction this year, make it this one." -Buffalo News "Fiction lovers, remember this name: Olive Kitteridge.You'll never forget her. brilliant evocation of emotion.a gratifying stunner.in language we understand with the heart." -The Boston Globe "Masterful.exquisite." -Newark Star-Ledger "Delightful." -Dayton (Ohio) Daily News "One of the year's best.a piece of multitextured music - a great piece of writing about life in small town America.a fascinating collection.Strout's writing here is deep and masterful.
"Superb.at once poignant and hopeful." -The Atlantic "A unified cycle of finely observed tales focusing on characters inhabiting a single town. We meet her stoic husband, bound to her in a marriage both broken and strong, and a young man who aches for the mother he lost - and whom Olive comforts by her mere presence, while her own son feels overwhelmed by her complex sensitivities.Ī penetrating, vibrant exploration of the human soul, the story of Olive Kitteridge will make you laugh, nod in recognition, wince in pain, and shed a tear or two. She is a woman who sees into the hearts of those around her, their triumphs and tragedies. A retired schoolteacher in a small coastal town in Maine, as she grows older she struggles to make sense of the changes in her life. Olive Kitteridge: indomitable, compassionate and often unpredictable. The Pulitzer prize-winning novel from the author of the Booker longlisted My Name is Lucy Barton and Olive, Again.
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