Olive Again: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge

An extraordinary new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Number One New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton A terrific writer Zadie SmithA superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own Hilary Mantel A novel to treasure Sunday TimesOlive Again follows the blunt contradictory yet deeply loveable Olive Kitteridge as she grows older navigating the second half of her life as she comes to terms with the changes - sometimes welcome sometimes not - in her own existence and in those around her. Olive adjusts to her new life with her second husband challenges her estranged son and his family to accept him experiences loss and loneliness witnesses the triumphs and heartbreaks of her friends and neighbours in the small coastal town of Crosby Maine - and finally opens herself to new lessons about life. A powerful storyteller immersed in the nuances of human relationships ObserverShe gets better with each book Maggie OFarrell Her writing is exquisite; her vision is boundless. What a sublime book. Rachel JoyceGlorious The TimesA perfect novel Financial Times Review A novel to treasure...Olive Again like Strouts first book delivers roughly five hours of spine-tingling pleasure. ―Sunday TimesOlive Again is a tour de force. With extraordinary economy of prose - few writers can pack so much emotion so much emotion so much detail into a single paragraph - Strout immerses us in the lives of her characters each so authentically drawn as to be deserving of an entire novel themselves. Compassionate masterly and profound this is a writer at the height of her powers ―ObserverEmotionally honest psychologically piercing and ultimately life-affirming ―The iHer writing is exquisite; her vision is boundless. What a sublime book.A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own. InOlive Again she teaches us that there is always more to know about human beings even the ones we are closest to.Theres no simple truth about human existence Strout reminds us only wonderful painful complexity. Well thats life Olive says. Nothing you can do about it. Beautifully written and alive with compassion at times almost unbearably poignant. A thrilling book in every way. ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Strout again demonstrates her gift for zeroing in on ordinary moments in the lives of ordinary people to highlight their extraordinary resilience ―Publishers Weekly starred reviewShe gets better with each bookGlorious ―The TimesA perfect novel ―Financial TimesIn Olive Kitteridge Strout has created one of those rare characters...so vivid and humorous they seems to take on a life independent of the story framing them ―GuardianElizabeth Strout is... one of the undisputed heavyweights of generous clear-eyed domestic realism ―Daily MailA special precious book...full of hope and humanity ―RedFunny sad tender and truthful this is pure joy ―StylistA powerful storyteller immersed in the nuances of human relationships ―ObserverStrout really can write you into a world until you feel you are there with her in that house that life that little Podunk of a place ―The TimesStrout always good just keeps getting better ―VogueA writer at the peak of her powers ―Literary ReviewIts hard to believe that a year after the astonishingMy Name Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout could bring us another book that is by every measure its equal but what Strout proves to us again and again is that where shes concerned anything is possible. This book this writer are magnificent. -- Ann Patchett on Anything is PossibleStrout animates the ordinary with astonishing force ―New Yorker About the Author Elizabeth Strout is the Pulitzer prize-winning author ofOlive Kitteridge as well asThe Burgess Boys aNew York Times bestsellerAbide With Me andAmy a