Småbyen Crosby i Maine ser kanskje ikke ut som all verden der den ligger, stille og gammelmodig. Men for den som vet å se etter, er Crosby hele verden. Og i de små og vanlige livene som leves der, kan vi møte alle menneskehetens store dramaer: begjær, fortvilelse, sjalusi, svik, håp, trofasthet og kjærlighet. I hvert av disse dramaene spiller også Olive Kitteridge sin helt egen rolle - enten den er liten eller stor. Hun er den mutte pensjonerte skolelæreren, hun er en av småbyens kjente skikkelser. Noen ganger er hun oppfarende, noen ganger er hun tålmodig. Noen ganger er hun klok, noen ganger er hun forstokket. Og noen ganger banker hjertet hennes hardt og sterkt, noen ganger går det i stykker.
. . . Glorious, powerful stuff.”—USA Today BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Elizabeth Strout’s The Burgess Boys.
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Oprah’s Book Club pick Olive, Again “Fiction lovers, remember this name: Olive Kitteridge.
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Oprah’s Book Club pick Olive, Again “Fiction lovers, remember this name: Olive Kitteridge.
. . . 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.”—The Wall Street Journal
Abide With Me:From thePulitzer Prize-winning authorof Olive Kitteridge From the bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Olive Kitteridge,this is a startlingly beautiful novel about love and abandonment, faith and hypocrisy – and ...
Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout has written a novel that makes you feel: this is what it's like to be alive.’Sunday Times Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine ...
Throughout one long, sweltering summer, as the events of the small town ebb and flow around them, Amy and Isabelle exist in silent conflict until a final act leads ultimately to the understanding they both crave.
"Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this “compulsively readable” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel from #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout ...