Olive Kitteridge

Elizabeth Strout · 2008 CE · Novel · Modern / American · Contemporary

Thirteen linked stories of a Maine coastal town, Crosby, revolve around Olive Kitteridge, a blunt retired maths teacher whose temper and tenderness shape those around her. Published and prized as a novel though built from separate stories; later years bring in a widowed old age.

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