Olive Kitteridge: Elisabeth Strout (Olive Kitteridge, 1) by Elizabeth Strout Paperback
Elizabeth Strout
Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781471168864. Publisher: Simon & Schuster. Age Range: Adult. Overview. Olive Kitteridge is Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel-in-stories, later adapted into an Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand. Set in the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine, it weaves together thirteen interlinked narratives centred on Olive, a retired schoolteacher whose sharp tongue and tender heart quietly shape the lives of everyone around her. Funny, wrenching and deeply human, this is a modern classic of American literary fiction, perfect for readers who love character-driven stories about ordinary lives.. About the Book. Olive Kitteridge is a complex, often contradictory woman: indomitable to some, compassionate to others, and always utterly convinced she is right. A retired schoolteacher in the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine, she moves through the novel's thirteen linked stories sometimes as the central figure, sometimes as a passing presence at the edge of someone else's crisis. Through her, and through the wider community of Crosby, Elizabeth Strout builds a portrait of a life — and a town — across decades:…