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OLIVE KITTERIDGE - ELIZABETH STROUT KARTONIERT ...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge  from the #1
New York Times bestselling author of the Oprah's Book Club pick Olive  Again Fiction lovers 
remember this name: Olive Kitteridge. . . . You'll never forget her.-USA Today NAMED ONE OF THE
BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post Book World • USA Today • San Francisco Chronicle •
Chicago Tribune • Seattle Post-Intelligencer • People • Entertainment Weekly • The Christian
Science Monitor • The Plain Dealer • The Atlantic • Rocky Mountain News • Library Journal At
times stern  at other times patient  at times perceptive  at other times in sad denial  Olive
Kitteridge  a retired schoolteacher  deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby  Maine 
and in the world at large  but she doesn't always recognize the changes in those around her: a
lounge musician haunted by a past romance  a former student who has lost the will to live 
Olive's own adult child  who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities  and her husband
Henry  who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse. As the townspeople
grapple with their problems  mild and dire  Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of
herself and her life-sometimes painfully  but always with ruthless honesty. Olive Kitteridge
offers profound insights into the human condition-its conflicts  its tragedies and joys  and
the endurance it requires. The inspiration for the Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries starring
Frances McDormand  Richard Jenkins  and Bill Murray

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