Elizabeth Strout Olive Again Review
Olive again by elizabeth strout.
Elizabeth strout olive again review. Olive again is a tour de force. Olive again by elizabeth strout. And how grateful strout s readers will be that she did. Ten years after elizabeth strout won a pulitzer prize for her eponymous collection of linked stories about olive kitteridge a difficult but endearing retired but not retiring middle school math.
Stupid is a favorite adjective and phooey to you a frequent term of dismissal. Patrick melrose the deeply troubled yet savagely witty character who was breathed into existence by the english author edward st. Aubyn seized readers. In the december issue of o best selling author joyce carol oates shared her review of the book the 82nd ever selection in oprah s book club.
Olive has not become any easier to like since her husband henry died two years ago. I cried less in this one and loved her even more as we can see her grow and come to terms with ageing and her truths. Review by deborah donovan october 2019 elizabeth strout author of the pulitzer prize winning olive kitteridge 2008 says she thought she was done with olive until her beloved character just appeared to her again. With extraordinary economy of prose few writers can pack so much emotion so much detail into a single paragraph strout immerses us in the lives of her.
Ileana soon this week oprah announced her latest book club pick with apple.