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|  | Author: Elizabeth Strout
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Rating:  279 reviews
Sales Rank: 63
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0812971833
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780812971835
ASIN: 0812971833
Publication Date: September 30, 2008
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 Olive Kittridge October 30, 2009
L. D. Simon
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I did not enjoy the book and wish I would have gotten it through the library instead of paying for it. It jumped all over the place and was difficult to keep my attention. Did not finish it and will not recommend it. Also, there are 13 in our book club who feels the same as I.
Depressing, not likable charaters October 29, 2009
M. Szczesniak (Chicago, IL)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book skipped around a town where everyone had too many problems. It was a real downer.
Very much blaming mothers for problems of grown adults. I would not read any more of her
novels.
Enjoyable Read October 29, 2009
JD (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Usually, Pulitzer winners tend to be bit too obnoxious for a joy read. but not this one. I had a great time with this book. It's a book of small character stories. I was amazed how the author chose to develop Olive Kitteridge's life story by these stories.
 A superb read October 29, 2009
Emma Peale (SC)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I won't give a synopsis of the book as many others have already done this. What a surprise!!! This was the assigned book for my bookclub. I hadn't heard of it but found it to be a rare gem. The format of 13 short stories or tales was fascinating to me. Olive was there, somewhere, in each story. By the end of the book I felt that I knew Olive well and had a true appreciation for rural Maine. I highly recommend this book. Perhaps very young people won't "get it" but most adults will see Olive in themselves. Clearly, I will remember this book forever.
She can kill with a smile She can wound with her eyes she can ruin your faith with her casual lies October 28, 2009
simple sellers
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The whole time I read this, I thought of Billy Joel's song Alway's a woman to me.This story isn't just about her its also about all the people in the town where Olive lives. Some are happy ,some are sad,some just need a little direction. Olive is an incredibly good teacher, a decent friend when someone really needs her to lend a hand.(Even though she is always saying she hates the general public.)She is a total bitch sometimes, and says things that most people wouldn't say drunk.She seems oblivious to the fact as to why people cower in her presence.
Her husband Henry is pretty laid back ,but lets her know when she is too much.They went through a rough patch in the seventies and almost ended it,but then decided that they needed each other.
I wish we could of heard more from Christopher, Olive's son. He makes all these blanket accusations on why he doesn't like her,but I would like more detail. He seems not have a problem with her until he went to therapy? Was it all pent up inside of him or did his shrink make more of the situation that was there? If these things he says were true, why is he letting his mother anywhere near his children? Did his father,Henry know.It left me wondering.
Even with all of her issues, you can't help but feel for her. Even though she isn't real, I keep waiting for her to come from behind me at the grocery store in that dress with the giant poinsettas on it.
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