Elizabeth Strout Collection 2 Books Set (Olive Kitteridge, Olive Again )

Description

This listing is for a multi-book set sold together as one combined product: Elizabeth Strout Collection 2 Books Set: Olive Kitteridge: Olive Kitteridge might be described by some as a battle axe or as brilliantly pushy, by others as the kindest person they had ever met. Olive herself has always been certain that she is 100% correct about everything - although, lately, her certitude has been shaken. This indomitable character appears at the centre of these narratives that comprise Olive Kitteridge. In each of them, we watch Olive, a retired schoolteacher, as she struggles to make sense of the changes in her life and the lives of those around her - always with brutal honesty, if sometimes painfully. Olive Again: 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. Review: Brilliant! - I love all Elizabeth Strout's books and I especially love Olive Kitteridge. She is a great character. I have bought these and other Strout books for friends several times. Review: Great reads.!!! - So much subtlety. And enjoyment, too, of course.