![]() ![]() If you can forgive them of their youthful indiscretions, failed marriages, and assorted scandals-and appreciate the way they gather over clam chowder in times of celebration and crisis-you'll be reminded that despite our differences, we’re all in this crazy world together. Olive is as refreshing (and sometimes as shocking) as a dip in the waters off the coast of Maine-a heroine who, as Oprah puts it, “doesn’t have the disease to please.” And it’s soul-nourishing to inhabit her hometown of Crosby, Maine, for a spell, where it seems her neighbors all know one another. And while you don’t need to read Olive Kitteridge first, I predict that as soon as you finish Olive, Again, you’ll want to devour everything Strout has written-extending all the way back to 1998, when her first book, Amy and Isabelle, was finally published after hundreds of rejections. From any perspective, Strout provided her readers with an enjoyable cast of characters and their life. Several of the stories were based on the title character, but many of the stories only showed us a glimpse of Olive. ![]() Oprah’s announcement of Olive, Again as her second Oprah’s Book Club pick in her new partnership with Apple is exciting for many reasons, not least because it will encourage more readers to get to know this quirky yet endearing character. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout was a novel comprised of thirteen short stories about people living in rural Maine. ![]()
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