New York Times Bestseller
Pulitzer Prize winner and Oprah’s Book Club pick. Elizabeth Strout returns us to the rocky coast of Maine, where the unforgettable Olive Kitteridge navigates aging and small-town life with her signature prickly honesty. A New York Times bestseller that reminds us why we read—to feel less alone.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER
Elizabeth Strout invites us back to the rocky coast of Maine, where the unforgettable Olive Kitteridge returns—prickly, honest, and more human than ever. In this stunning sequel, we watch Olive navigate the shifting terrain of aging, relationships, and the mysteries of small-town life in Crosby, Maine.
Strout has a rare gift for illuminating the ordinary, revealing the extraordinary depths beneath everyday moments. Here, Olive encounters a cast of beautifully drawn characters: a grieving teenager, a woman in labor at the most inopportune time, a nurse harboring an old crush, a lawyer wrestling with an unwanted inheritance. Through each encounter, Olive—and we—discover new truths about grace, empathy, and what it means to bear life’s burdens with dignity.
“Strout managed to make me love this strange woman I’d never met, who I knew nothing about. What a terrific writer she is,” writes Zadie Smith. The praise is well-deserved: TIME, Vogue, NPR, The Washington Post, and countless others named this a best book of the year.
Whether you fell in love with Olive in the first book or are meeting her for the first time, this deeply empathetic novel will move you. It’s the kind of book that reminds us why we read—to feel less alone, to understand ourselves better, and to recognize our shared humanity in the most unexpected places.
Perfect for readers who savor character-driven literary fiction and the salty wisdom of coastal New England.
Strout managed to make me love this strange woman I'd never met, who I knew nothing about. What a terrific writer she is.
Strout's commitment to Olive's prickly character pays off in scenes of unsparing emotional intensity.
A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own.
Strout's writing is as clean and clear as a November morning in Maine, and just as bracing.
Magnificent... Olive is a character for the ages, and Olive, Again is a book for the ages.
Strout again demonstrates her gift for zeroing in on ordinary lives to spellbinding effect.
A marvel of insight and compassion... Strout has an extraordinary ability to describe the mundane in exquisite detail.
Strout's genius lies in her ability to make us feel complicit in Olive's funny, painful, imperfect life.
A stunning novel... Strout's sentences are so clear and direct, so free of literary flourishes, that reading them feels like looking through a window at the world.
Strout's gift for creating indelible characters who feel like our own neighbors is on full display.
| Weight | 0.50 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 5.14 × 0.67 × 7.97 in |
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| Accolade | New York Times Bestseller, Oprah's Book Club, Pulitzer Prize |
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