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Less Conspicuous, Again
Elisabeth Strout is, in my opinion, the finest writer alive today...
She writes with compassion and honesty about the human condition- and dare I say- abou... READ MORE
Perfect book on human relationships....
Olive Kitteridge is back again. Even though, she has aged considerably, she hasn’t changed a bit; still blunt, opinionated, judgemental, prickly but in her... READ MORE
Absolutely Brilliant
Strout’s short stories are about various people in a small community in the Mid West. She is very sharp in delving into the motivations and ways of thinkin... READ MORE
Terrific
Not much I can add to the other well deserved positive reviews. This author writes convincingly about ordinary people and their extraordinary lives. She ... READ MORE
She does it again....
I was late to the Elizabeth Strout literature party but you're often late to some of the best things in life. For reasons only known to myself I avoided re... READ MORE
Synopsis
Olive, 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.
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Number One New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780241985540
- Number of pages: 304
- Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 21 mm
- Weight: 210g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allheart-rending
Reading Elizabeth Strout's writing feels like coming home. From the first sentence, I urge myself to pace my reading: taking small lingering bites and chew... READ MORE
A triumph of a sequel!
I loved Olive Kitteridge, but this one is even better! Strout is a wonder of a writer, exploring themes such as family, death, love, grief, loss, lonelines... READ MORE
Novel set in MAINE
The name of the fictional town of Crosby is a tribute to the author’s room mate in college, Ellen Crosby. The first “Olive” novel was simply titled “Olive ... READ MORE
Simply Brilliant!
Delightful, outstanding, and in a league of it's own!
'Olive, Again' follows the same structure as 'Olive Kitteridge', which was its prequel, both a serie... READ MORE
Welcome back Olive
Oh Godfrey this was a good book!
The minutiae of life is lovingly described by Ms Strout in her vignettes of life in Crosby, Maine and Olive Kitteridge's t... READ MORE
Be more Olive!
This is a great follow-up to the first book but could, I think, be read alone. Like the earlier volume, and many of Strout's novels, it is structured as a ... READ MORE
Not too keen
I was sent a copy of Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout to read and review by NetGalley.
I have to say I didn’t really like this book. I wasn’t keen on the ... READ MORE
Love Olive!
Thank you to the publishers for this review copy, I absolutely love Elizabeth Strout's writing.
Olive is such a fantastic character that I feel I could rea... READ MORE
Just love Olive
I loved this book. I fell in love with Olive in "Olive Kitteridge", but wasn't really sure I knew her properly. Now I do. Many Oliv-y things rare still res... READ MORE
Not a Good Read For Me.
I received a free copy of this book in return for my honest review and this is my review:
I haven’t read the first book Olive Kitteridge, from the synopsi... READ MORE
A thoughtful read
Olive, Again is the second book by Elizabeth Strout which follows the prickly, ruthlessly honest and to the point Olive Kitteridge as we re-visit her in he... READ MORE
Not for Me
I found this book quite depressing. Not at all amusing or interesting.
Yet more delightful insights into the world of Olive Kitteridge and the community of Crosby, Maine!
For a number of years the Pulitzer Prize winning Olive Kitteridge had been on my mental list of “must read” novels for a number of years but it was only wh... READ MORE
Come for the characters, stay for the wordsmithery
Elizabeth Strout is a master of beautifully written spare prose, and this book proves it yet again. No word is wasted. This collection of interconnected st... READ MORE
Perceptive, funny and sad in equal measure.
Olive, Again is the second book in the Olive Kitteridge series by award-winning, best-selling American author, Elizabeth Strout and it follows on almost di... READ MORE
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