Book Review Olive Again

The town of crosby maine in which elizabeth strout set her acclaimed story sequence cum novel olive kitteridge and now sets this sequel olive again lies on a beautiful stretch of coast.
Book review olive again. Elizabeth strout s new novel olive again reprises beloved olive kitteridge the aging cranky bossy wry flummoxed sad brave lonely anti heroine of strout s pulitzer prize winning 2008. The story of the indomitable olive kitteridge follows on two years after her husband henry s death. As in strout s pulitzer prize winning olive kitteridge 2008 etc the formidable title character is always a presence but not always onstage in these 13 interconnected tales of loneliness loss and love in its many flawed incarnations. Like its predecessor olive again is made up of interconnected stories all set in a small town in maine.
The thorny matriarch of crosby maine makes a welcome return. Those who are wary of sequels need not fear. Ten years after elizabeth strout won a pulitzer prize for her eponymous collection of linked stories about olive kitteridge a difficult but endearing retired but not retiring middle school math. Olive is the tall awkward plain spoken woman a retired teacher now a widow miss strout s readers took to heart in her earlier novel olive kitteridge olive again is a lovely book.
Continued full review 769 words. Olive again is even better than olive kitteridge and one of the most profound and worthwhile books of the year. This novel which follows that. Elizabeth strout s 2008 novel olive kitteridge won the pulitzer prize and spawned a hit hbo miniseries starring frances mcdormand and bill murray.
Olive again a simple title that the matter of fact olive would approve of picks up not long after we left her in strout s first book of interrelated stories. Olive again is a novel that is boldly observant honest and searches for apperception.