Olive Kitteridge

<b>WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge from the #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>My Name is Lucy Barton </i>and the Oprah's Book Club pick <i>Olive Again</i></b> <p/><b>Fiction lovers remember this name: <i>Olive Kitteridge</i>. . . . You'll never forget her.<i>--USA Today</i></b> <p/><b>Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force.<i>--The New Yorker</i></b> <p/><b>One of the <i>New York Times</i>'s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century - A <i>Kirkus Reviews </i>Best Fiction Book of the Century</b> <p/><b>A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: <i>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</i></b> <p/>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. <p/>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. <i>Olive Kitteridge </i>offers profound insights into the human condition--its conflicts its tragedies and joys and the endurance it requires. <p/><b>The inspiration for the Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand Richard Jenkins and Bill Murray</b>