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Olive, Again: A Novel (Olive, 2)

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions. “Strout managed to make me love this strange woman I’d never met, who I knew nothing about. What a terrific writer she is.”—Zadie Smith, The Guardian “Just as wonderful as the original . . . Olive, Again poignantly reminds us that empathy, a requirement for love, helps make life ‘not unhappy.’”—NPR ONE OF PEOPLE’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Prickly, wry, resistant to change yet ruthlessly honest and deeply empathetic, Olive Kitteridge is “a compelling life force” (San Francisco Chronicle). 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. Whether with a teenager coming to terms with the loss of her father, a young woman about to give birth during a hilariously inopportune moment, a nurse who confesses a secret high school crush, or a lawyer who struggles with an inheritance she does not want to accept, the unforgettable Olive will continue to startle us, to move us, and to inspire us—in Strout’s words—“to bear the burden of the mystery with as much grace as we can.” A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, Vogue, NPR, The Washington Post,Chicago Tribune, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Esquire, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, The New York Public Library, The Guardian, Evening Standard, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, BookPage Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Trade Paperbacks (November 3, 2020)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0812986474


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 71


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.14 x 0.67 x 7.97 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #31,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #770 in Family Saga Fiction #1,085 in Family Life Fiction (Books) #2,991 in Literary Fiction (Books)


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • filled with humor, sadness, wisdom - a modern masterpiece
Only FIVE stars? C'mon! Ya need TEN stars for a book like this! At least! I think I might have felt the same way when I read Elizabeth Strout's OLIVE KITTERIDGE ten-plus years ago. I've seen numerous comments in various early reactions to OLIVE, AGAIN that the sequel is even better than the original. Well, those folks were right. I was so completely caught up in these new stories of Olive and other denizens of the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine, that I barely surfaced until I'd turned the last page. We meet again the characters from the first Olive book, but here are the Burgess brothers and their sister too, as well as Amy and Isabelle, the complex and compelling characters from other Strout books. But none are nearly as good as the blunt, outspoken Olive herself, who ages another dozen years, well into her eighties, in this collection of finely interwoven stories, finally reduced to the indignities of Depends, which she characteristically calls her "foolish poopie panties," which caused me to laugh out loud and nearly weep for her simultaneously. OLIVE, AGAIN is a book filled with humor, sadness, humanity and hard-won wisdom, telling us that life is strange, hard, filled with wonder, and finite. It is, in my estimation, nothing less than a modern masterpiece of the human condition. Bravo, Ms Strout. My very highest recommendation. - Tim Bazzett, author of the memoir, BOOKLOVER ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2020 by Timothy J. Bazzett
    • A little slow
I bought this book for a book club. It’s OK, and a very quick read. Not my typical genre.
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2024 by Wazzup
    • Profoundly humane
Despiste Olive's sour character, she is so genuine she becomes endearing. The different stories and characters that intertwine with her life are rich in insights and soul searching conversations.
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2024 by Muriel Garderet
    • Page turner that hits close to home
Loved this book and could not put it down. Olive is aging, still cantankerous and struggling with her son, the world and herself. I found this even better and more interesting than "Olive Ketteridge". Her potential new "friend" Jack Kennison who was introduced in book 1 is a welcome addition here. So interesting and a great foil for Olive. This is one of the best books on aging that I've ever read. There is empathy, pain and apt little observations. It's sad but optimistic and always interesting. I loved it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2023 by Digital Rights
    • "Oh Godfrey, Mighty Olive!"
Eleven years ago, readers, including this reviewer, first met Olive Kitteridge in Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize winning book. The first Olive novel created a humorous, enchanting and at times shocking portrait of a retired middle school math teacher who was somewhere on the Asperger's syndrome. Olive's family and neighbors in the coastal town of Crosby, Maine interacted in a series of short stories. Strout adopts the same format for the latest Olive novel. Many of the characters from the first novel, reappear in the second. There are, however, fewer descriptive passages of Maine scenery, a liberal use of expletives, repeated events of infidelity and less well fleshed out characters. In some of the stories, Olive is hardly mentioned or plays a mere cameo role. Olive is older, less sure of herself and lonelier. She is experiencing her own slow, steady decline as well as the deaths and disabilities of family and acquaintances. This is a depressing novel dealing with serious issues not always in a sensitive manner. Strout has proven herself to be an award winning novelist. She can do better. Now that Olive has been "put to bed" in the second novel, this reviewer is looking forward to Strout's next creative, well written work of fiction. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2019 by amachinist
    • Get to Know Olive
“Olive, Again” by Elizabeth Strout has a lot to say and a very unique way to do so. Olive Kitteridge came on the scene with a bang in 2008 as one of the most idiosyncratic characters in literature. Here, shocking things happen around her in Crosby, Maine and we recognize her inability to understand what it all means. The web describes Kitteridge as a “well-meaning misanthrope” which makes her difficult to predict. You would think that writing about what she doesn't understand would lack depth but it does not. Having not read the original, I was shocked by the aging motif. Olive and her husband, Jack, look back on their lives, dwell on memories of affairs and failed marriages, and still struggle to find out what it all means now. A part about a man on antidepressants and the struggles of marital compromise hit home with me the most. Mrs. Kitteridge floats in and out of others' lives, knowing as a teacher that she has had a profound effect on everyone whether she tried to do so or otherwise. It often challenges me to read about protagonists of demographics different from my own. Olive, as an individual works because we see how she views others and watch her learn about her preconceived notions. No one will mistake Olive for a perfect woman but we feel for her just the same, especially when she starts to look back on life with regret, confusion, and self-doubt. She has made mistakes but we question whether or not she deserves her lot in life after she helps others so much. So much of the novel comes with our understanding of Olive and how we perceive her. It almost makes me not want to watch the mini-series with Frances McDormand and Bill Murray since I had my own vision of the people. Hollywood would work its usual magic in aging all of the actors gradually but capturing their essence may work better on paper. Strout creates a lot of personalities in a limited amount of time in the short story format but you grow to enjoy each of them in their own context. When I review books, I often warn you if the book is not to everyone's taste. "Olive, Again" deals mostly with human nature and deals with events and not necessarily action or shock. This made it my kind of novel. It will make you want to tell others how you feel and appreciate the time you have with them. Even those who find themselves disgruntled with those around them will relate to Olive at her most irritable. You will grow frustrated with her at times but remain glad that you met her. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2020 by Anthony Conty

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