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008    190207s2019    nyu           000 1 eng   
020    9780812996548|q(hardcover : acid-free paper) 
020    9780812986471|q(paperback : acid-free paper) 
020    |z9780812996555|q(ebook) 
040    AE-AjAUL|cAE-ShKH 
050 00 PS3569.T736|bO45 2019 
100 1  Strout, Elizabeth 
245 10 Olive, again /|cElizabeth Strout. 
260    New York :|bRandom House,|c[2019]. 
300    289 p. ;|c25 cm. 
500    KH-AUL-8. 
520    "Funny, wicked and remorseful, Mrs. Kitteridge is a 
       compelling life force, a red blooded original. When she's 
       not onstage, we look forward to her return..."* And now, 
       indeed, Olive Kitteridge has returned, as indomitable as 
       ever. "It turns out--I just wasn't done with Olive," said 
       Strout. "It was like she kept poking me in the ribs, so I 
       finally said 'Okay, okay...'" Now Olive returns, this time
       as a person getting older, navigating her next decade as 
       she comes to terms with the changes--sometimes welcome, 
       sometimes not--in her own life. Here is Olive, strangely 
       content in her second marriage, still in an evolving 
       relationship with her son and his family, encountering a 
       cast of memorable characters in the seaside town of Crosby,
       Maine. Whether it's a young girl coming to terms with the 
       loss of her father, a young woman about to give birth at a
       baby shower, or a nurse who confesses a secret high school
       crush, the irascible Olive improbably touches the lives of
       others. Elizabeth Strout has achieved greatness by 
       brilliantly laying bare the inner lives of ordinary people,
       by focusing on the small moments of connection which can 
       dislodge lifelong grief and longing, and unite her 
       characters through moments of transcendent grace. Olive, 
       Again is another lasting work of fiction by this 
       remarkable writer, and a cause for celebration among 
       readers everywhere. 
650  0 American fiction|y21st century