Olive Kitteridge

Name: Olive Kitteridge
Author: Elizabeth Strout

by Elizabeth Strout

Retired widow examines her life, family relationships, and small-town existence through vignettes

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Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout is an American author whose Olive Kitteridge won the Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into a celebrated HBO miniseries. Her quietly devastating portraits of small-town Maine life have made her one of the most admired American literary authors of her generation.

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