{"title":"Elizabeth Strout","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"olive-kitteridge-by-elizabeth-strout-paperback","title":"Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout - Contemporary Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781471168864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge Range:\u003c\/strong\u003e Adult\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOlive Kitteridge is Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel-in-stories, later adapted into an Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand. Set in the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine, it weaves together thirteen interlinked narratives centred on Olive, a retired schoolteacher whose sharp tongue and tender heart quietly shape the lives of everyone around her. Funny, wrenching and deeply human, this is a modern classic of American literary fiction, perfect for readers who love character-driven stories about ordinary lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOlive Kitteridge is a complex, often contradictory woman: indomitable to some, compassionate to others, and always utterly convinced she is right. A retired schoolteacher in the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine, she moves through the novel's thirteen linked stories sometimes as the central figure, sometimes as a passing presence at the edge of someone else's crisis. Through her, and through the wider community of Crosby, Elizabeth Strout builds a portrait of a life — and a town — across decades: marriages that endure or crumble, children who leave and return, illness, loss, small acts of kindness and cruelty, and the quiet accumulation of regret and hope that makes up an ordinary existence. Strout's prose is spare, precise and unsentimental, yet the emotional impact is enormous; readers consistently describe finishing the book in tears despite few overtly dramatic events. The novel won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and has been praised by critics as one of the finest American novels of its era, later inspiring the HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins and Bill Murray. Whether read as a single sustained narrative or as a set of interlocking short stories, Olive Kitteridge rewards patient, attentive reading with one of contemporary fiction's most memorable and divisive protagonists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePulitzer Prize for Fiction winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBasis for the Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand new paperback copy, perfect for gifting or collecting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for book clubs and literary fiction fans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharacter-driven storytelling praised by critics worldwide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFast, free UK delivery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Strout is an American novelist best known for Olive Kitteridge, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her other acclaimed novels include Abide with Me, Amy and Isabelle, The Burgess Boys, My Name is Lucy Barton, and Olive, Again, the sequel to Olive Kitteridge. She has been a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize, and her work is celebrated for its precise, compassionate portrayal of everyday American life. 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Each book is a masterclass in quiet, character-driven storytelling, exploring small-town American life, family bonds, grief, and redemption. Perfect for readers who love literary fiction with emotional depth, this set is an ideal gift for book clubs, avid readers, or anyone discovering Strout's Pulitzer Prize-winning talent for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAmy \u0026amp; Isabelle is Strout's celebrated debut novel, a searing portrait of a mother and teenage daughter living in a stifling New England mill town. Isabelle Goodrow has spent fifteen years hiding a painful secret, while her daughter Amy's illicit relationship with her maths teacher forces long-buried tensions to the surface. 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