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Elizabeth Strout's acclaimed novel Olive Kitteridge is now the basis for a HBO drama starring Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand. Olive Kitteridge: indomitable, compassionate and often unpredictable. 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. She is a woman who sees into the hearts of those around her, their triumphs and tragedies. 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. A 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.
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Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout
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- Released
- 2014
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- Title
- Olive Kitteridge
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Elizabeth Strout
- Publisher
- Simon + Schuster UK
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 270
- ISBN13
- 9781471149047
- Series
- Olive Kitteridge
- Tags
- Fiction, Love, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Short Stories, Friendship, USA, Relationships, Death, Life, Marriage, Seas and Oceans, Psychological novels, Everyday Life, Teachers, Old Age, Small Town, Aging, Pulitzer Prize
- First published
- 2008
- Original title
- Olive Kitteridge
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- Elizabeth Strout's acclaimed novel Olive Kitteridge is now the basis for a HBO drama starring Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand. Olive Kitteridge: indomitable, compassionate and often unpredictable. 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. She is a woman who sees into the hearts of those around her, their triumphs and tragedies. 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. A 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.