Olive Kitteridge Fiction

WINNEROFTHEPULITZERPRIZE?THEEMMYAWARD?CWINNINGHBOMINISERIESSTARRINGFRANCESMCDORMAND,RICHARDJENKINS,ANDBILLMURRAYInavoicemorepowerfulandcompassionatethaneverbefore,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorElizabethStroutbindstogetherthirteenrich,luminousnarrativesintoabookwiththeheftofanovel,throughthepresenceofonelarger-than-life,unforgettablecharacter:OliveKitteridge.Attheedgeofthecontinent,Crosby,Maine,mayseemlikenowhere,butseenthroughthisbrilliantwriter’seyes,it’sinessencethewholeworld,andthelivesthatarelivedtherearefilledwithallofthegrandhumandrama?Cdesire,despair,jealousy,hope,andlove.Attimesstern,atothertimespatient,attimesperceptive,atothertimesinsaddenial,OliveKitteridge,aretiredschoolteacher,deploresthechangesinherlittletownandintheworldatlarge,butshedoesn’talwaysrecognizethechangesinthosearoundher:aloungemusicianhauntedbyapastromance:aformerstudentwhohaslostthewilltolive:Olive’sownadultchild,whofeelstyrannizedbyherirrationalsensitivities;andHenry,whofindshisloyaltytohismarriagebothablessingandacurse.Asthetownspeoplegrapplewiththeirproblems,mildanddire,Oliveisbroughttoadeeperunderstandingofherselfandherlife?Csometimespainfully,butalwayswithruthlesshonesty.OliveKitteridgeoffersprofoundinsightsintothehumancondition?Citsconflicts,itstragediesandjoys,andtheenduranceitrequires.NAMEDONEOFTHEBESTBOOKOFTHEYEARBYPeople?USAToday?TheAtlantic?TheWashingtonPostBookWorld?SeattlePost-Intelligencer?EntertainmentWeekly?TheChristianScienceMonitor?SanFranciscoChronicle?Salon?SanAntonioExpress-News?ChicagoTribune?TheWallStreetJournal?“Perceptive,deeplyempathetic...Oliveistheaxisaroundwhichthesethirteencomplex,relentlesslyhumannarrativesspinthemselvesintoElizabethStrout’sunforgettablenovelinstories.”—O:TheOprahMagazine?“Fictionlovers,rememberthisname:OliveKitteridge....You’llneverforgether....[ElizabethStrout]constructsherstorieswithrichironyandmomentsofgenuinesurpriseandintenseemotion....Glorious,powerfulstuff.”—USAToday?“Funny,wickedandremorseful,Mrs.Kitteridgeisacompellinglifeforce,ared-bloodedoriginal.Whenshe’snotonstage,welookforwardtoherreturn.Thebookisapage-turnerbecauseofher.”—SanFranciscoChronicle?“OliveKitteridgestilllingersinmemorylikeatreasuredphotograph.”—SeattlePost-Intelligencer?“Rarelydoesastorycollectionpacksuchagutsyemotionalpunch.”—EntertainmentWeekly?“Stroutanimatestheordinarywithastonishingforce....[She]makesusexperiencenotonlytheterrorsofchangebutalsotheterrifyinghopethatchangecanbring:sheplungesusintothesechurningwatersandwecomeupgaspingforair.”—TheNewYorker,