In 'Olive, Again,' Elizabeth Strout Revisits An Old Friend
Ten years after her Pulitzer Prize-winning Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, where ornery Olive is learning about compassion, connection, and her own self.
by Heller McAlpin
Oct 16, 2019
3 minutes
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 teacher, she returns to coastal Maine with an update — which is just as wonderful as the original.
You don't have to have read to appreciate but you'll probably want to. Like a base coat of paint, it adds depth and helps the finish colors pop. Explaining the genesis of her sequelStrout has written, "That Olive! She continues to surprise me, continues
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