Your session will expire automatically in 0 seconds.
LEADER 00000cam a2200205 a 4500
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