{"product_id":"olive-again-9780812986471","title":"Olive Again","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Strout managed to make me love this strange woman I’d never met, who I knew nothing about. What a terrific writer she is.”—Zadie Smith, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Just as wonderful as the original . . . \u003ci\u003eOlive, Again\u003c\/i\u003e poignantly reminds us that empathy, a requirement for love, helps make life ‘not unhappy.’”—NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003ePEOPLE \u003c\/i\u003eAND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e • NPR • \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e• Chicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed \u003c\/i\u003e•\u003ci\u003e Esquire \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e • The New York Public Library • \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePrickly, wry, resistant to change yet ruthlessly honest and deeply empathetic, Olive Kitteridge is “a compelling life force” (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ehas said that Elizabeth Strout “animates the ordinary with an astonishing force,” and she has never done so more clearly than in these pages, where the iconic Olive struggles to understand not only herself and her own life but the lives of those around her in the town of Crosby, Maine. Whether with a teenager coming to terms with the loss of her father, a young woman about to give birth during a hilariously inopportune moment, a nurse who confesses a secret high school crush, or a lawyer who struggles with an inheritance she does not want to accept, the unforgettable Olive will continue to startle us, to move us, and to inspire us—in Strout’s words—“to bear the burden of the mystery with as much grace as we can.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eOlive, Again\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Olive is a brilliant creation not only because of her eternal cantankerousness but because she’s as brutally candid with herself about her shortcomings as she is with others. Her honesty makes people strangely willing to confide in her, and the raw power of Ms. Strout’s writing comes from these unvarnished exchanges, in which characters reveal themselves in all of their sadness and badness and confusion. . . . The great, terrible mess of living is spilled out across the pages of this moving book. Ms. Strout may not have any answers for it, but she isn’t afraid of it either.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527888249175,"sku":"9780812986471","price":10.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812986471.jpg?v=1731869613","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/olive-again-9780812986471","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}