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Olive, Again

By: Elizabeth Strout
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
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Brought to you by Penguin.

An extraordinary new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Number One New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton

Olive, Again follows the blunt, contradictory yet deeply loveable Olive Kitteridge as she grows older, navigating the second half of her life as she comes to terms with the changes - sometimes welcome, sometimes not - in her own existence and in those around her.

Olive adjusts to her new life with her second husband, challenges her estranged son and his family to accept him, experiences loss and loneliness, witnesses the triumphs and heartbreaks of her friends and neighbours in the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine - and, finally, opens herself to new lessons about life.

'One of America's finest writers' Sunday Times

'A powerful storyteller immersed in the nuances of human relationships' Observer

'Strout really can write you into a world until you feel you are there with her, in that house, that life, that little Podunk of a place' The Times

©2019 Elizabeth Strout (P)2019 Penguin Audio Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Heartfelt Inspiring Thought-Provoking

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Critic reviews

"One of America's finest writers." (Sunday Times)

"A powerful storyteller immersed in the nuances of human relationships." (Observer)

"Strout really can write you into a world until you feel you are there with her, in that house, that life, that little Podunk of a place." (The Times)
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I’m just 60 and left feeling unsettled about this book, saddled actually. Olive was a hard woman / grandmother. Not a happy book.

A view of what’s to come.

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A touching and realistic depiction of Olive Kitteridge’s life as an ageing woman and the people who influenced and entered that life - not a “feel good” book but one to savour and remember after the last chapter has finished.

Beautifully written and narrated

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Excellent- a stunning array of being alive.Mesmerising - evocative, thoughtful, real.
Highly recommend these insights of being alive.

Brilliantly observed daily life

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Excellent narration and great stories. Olive finally mellows (somewhat) as she grows old. Kimberley Farr reads these better than I do in my head!

Recommend this highly!

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Great narration, great characters and I was so pleased to see Isobel at the end! Cleverly woven into the story by strut. I loved Olive again, not quite as much as Olive k but almost.

Brilliant

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