|  | Author: Elizabeth Strout
Creator: Sandra Burr
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Lib Ed
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Rating:  371 reviews
Sales Rank: 2193325
Format: Audiobook, CD, Unabridged
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Library
Number Of Items: 9
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 6.3 x 1
ISBN: 1423350049
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781423350040
ASIN: 1423350049
Publication Date: March 25, 2008
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 Great Characters February 25, 2010
cheryl david (new york)
I loved how she developed her characters; especially Olive. I also enjoyed the small town setting she created which felt very real. I highly recommend it for pleasure reading or a book club.
 Horrible...skip it! February 24, 2010
Deborah D. Gamber (CT USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having slogged through this book (with increasing dread) I would not ask anyone to do the same. It is poorly constructed, disjointed and downright depressing with no benefit whatsoever. Characters are barely even developed and have no redeeming value at all. Can't even give it one star.
In my life I have known many strong women from the great state of Maine but this story does not reflect any positive characterization in comparison. Moreover, the editor really failed the author on this book. It could have been much better than mundane. What a waste of time and talent! This author is off my list.
Better than a lobster roll February 24, 2010
D. N. Stone (Stamford, CT United States)
These are stories that are as necessary and humble as a well-worn pair of LL Bean duck boots, even if Olive herself is as ungainly as those webbed, rubbery winter basics. This book reminded me that being single is not the only kind of lonely in the world, and it is the married couples here who most need someone to talk to. And from Olive we learn that solace can be found in the most unlikely of places, even in the smile of the person who sells you your Dunkin' munchkins in the morning. It is hard to choose a favorite among these linked stories, but the ones that deal with Olive's relationship with her son (and daughters-in-law) made me squirm the most for dear, misunderstood Olive. For those who leave this book thinking that Olive is an awful person, I ask them to read again the story about the girl with anorexia. The Stern Librarian (The library is my Vacationland).
don't waste your time February 23, 2010
marlu r
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Olive is a miserable person. Enough said? This book has dozens of characters that never come together. In every chapter there are new people introduced and the author never returns to them except Olive, her husband and her son. These characters appear every other chapter. How on earth did this dribble get published?
OLIVE KITTERIDGE REVIEW February 19, 2010
Janet Drewnowski (MASSACHUSETTS)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
EXCELLENT TRANSACTION--HAPPY WITH BOOK AND WITH THE SHIPPING. ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW IF I LIKE THE BOOK YET-HAVEN'T READ IT BUT THE BOOK ITSELF ??? GREAT.
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