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Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout has an overall rating of Rave based on 28 book reviews. We meet some familiar characters, but also a few new ones. In 13 interlocking stories set in the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine, Olive travels … There is a disturbing story of a young girl who cleans houses and a strange relationship that follows. Her characters could be our own friends or family, and readers can easily relate to their stories of love, damaged relationships, aging, loss and loneliness. The story of the indomitable Olive Kitteridge follows on two years after her husband Henry’s death. Olive, Again is a novel that is boldly observant, honest and searches for apperception. New Books.

Olive is the tall, awkward, plain-spoken woman, a retired teacher, now a widow, Miss Strout’s readers took to heart in her earlier novel “Olive Kitteridge.” “Olive, Again” is a lovely book. “Olive, Again”, like its predecessor (and like the two “Lucy Barton” novels Strout has penned in the interim), is a collection of inter-related stories about the denizens of Crosby, Maine, particularly in relation to Olive Kitterage. The naked pain, dignity, wit and courage these stories consistently embody fill us with a … Olive, Again stands alone, requiring no knowledge of its predecessor. It follows Olive Kitteridge from her seventies into her eighties. Features. Non … Reviewed in Canada on January 4, 2020. Olive, Again is a 2019 novel by Elizabeth Strout, published by Random House on October 15, 2019. I was especially touched by the … The New Yorker has said that Elizabeth Strout "animates the ordinary with an astonishing force," and she has never done so more clearly than in these pages, where the iconic Olive struggles to understand not only herself and her own life but the lives of those around her in the town of Crosby, Maine.

And how grateful Strout’s readers will be that she did. Biggest New Books. But over the course of about a decade we see Olive struggling, in her flinty way, to become “oh, just a … ★ Olive, Again Elizabeth Strout Review by Deborah Donovan. Search . Not by Oprah hype but by the … Olive has not become any easier to like since her husband, Henry, died two years ago; “stupid” is a favorite adjective, and “phooey to you” a frequent term of dismissal.

October 2019. I did not read the first book but I saw the author appear on CBS Morning show with Oprah and was intrigued. Elizabeth Strout, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Olive Kitteridge (2008), says she thought she was done with Olive—until her beloved character “just appeared” to her again. Each phase of Olive’s life touches on a memory, real or imagined. Its 13 lightly intertwined stories take place in the imaginary Maine towns of Crosby and Shirley Falls. About Book Marks. It is a sequel to Olive Kitteridge (2008). Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout has an overall rating of Rave based on 28 book reviews.

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Olive, Again is a remarkable collection on its own but will be especially enjoyed by those who loved Olive Kitteridge. I have long and deeply admired all of Strout’s work, but “Olive, Again” transcends and triumphs. 4.0 out of 5 stars Good book but not the Oprah hype great.