Synopsis Revolving around junior high school teacher Olive Kitteridge and her neighbors living along the coast of Maine, these thirteen linked short stories feature wonderfully vivid characters dealing with the regrets and tragedies of everyday lives. OLIVE KITTERIDGE was one of the most critically acclaimed titles released in 2008, earning a National Book Award nomination and winning the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2008-09-30 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 286 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 8.0 oz |
Publisher's Note The larger-than-life world of Olive Kitteridge, a retired school teacher and unofficial town crier in a small coastal town in Maine, is revealed in a series of luminous stories that explore her diverse roles in many lives, including a lounge singer haunted by a past love, a young man grieving over his lost mother, her stoic husband, and her own resentful son. Reprint.
Industry Reviews "Easy to read and impossible to forget." (starred review) (12/10/2007)
"Though loneliness and loss haunt these pages, Strout also supplies gentle humor and a nourishing dose of hope." (starred review) (01/01/2008)
"Rarely does a story collection pack such a gutsy emotional punch." (03/28/2008)
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