OLIVE, AGAIN

u003cbu003eu003ciu003eNEW YORK TIMES u003c/iu003eBESTSELLER • 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.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003e“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, u003ciu003eThe Guardianu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003e“Just as wonderful as the original . . . u003ciu003eOlive, Againu003c/iu003e poignantly reminds us that empathy, a requirement for love, helps make life ‘not unhappy.’”—NPRu003c/bu003e u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY u003ciu003ePEOPLE u003c/iu003eAND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY u003ciu003eTime u003c/iu003e• u003ciu003eVogueu003c/iu003e • NPR • u003ciu003eThe Washington Postu003c/iu003e u003ciu003e• Chicago Tribune u003c/iu003e• u003ciu003eVanity Fairu003c/iu003e • u003ciu003eEntertainment Weekly u003c/iu003e• u003ciu003eBuzzFeed u003c/iu003e•u003ciu003e Esquire u003c/iu003e• u003ciu003eReal Simpleu003c/iu003e • u003ciu003eGood Housekeepingu003c/iu003e • The New York Public Library • u003ciu003eThe Guardian u003c/iu003e• u003ciu003eEvening Standard u003c/iu003e• u003ciu003eKirkus Reviews u003c/iu003e• u003ciu003ePublishers Weekly u003c/iu003e• u003ciu003eBookPageu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003ePrickly, wry, resistant to change yet ruthlessly honest and deeply empathetic, Olive Kitteridge is “a compelling life force” (u003ciu003eSan Francisco Chronicleu003c/iu003e). u003ciu003eTheu003c/iu003e u003ciu003eNew Yorker u003c/iu003ehas 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.”u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003ePraise for u003ciu003eOlive, Againu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e“Olive is a brilliant creation not only because of her eternal cantankerousness but because she’s as brutally candid with herself about her shortcomings as she is with others. Her honesty makes people strangely willing to confide in her, and the raw power of Ms. Strout’s writing comes from these unvarnished exchanges, in which characters reveal themselves in all of their sadness and badness and confusion. . . . The great, terrible mess of living is spilled out across the pages of this moving book. Ms. Strout may not have any answers for it, but she isn’t afraid of it either.”u003cbu003e—u003ciu003eThe Wall Street Journalu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e