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Olive Kitteridge

Strout, Elizabeth2016
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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. 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.
Main title:
Olive Kitteridge / Elizabeth Strout.
Imprint:
London : Scribner , 2016.
Collation:
270 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published :London: Simon & Schuster, 2008.
ISBN:
9781471168864 (pbk)
Dewey class:
F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2624201
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