Several themes run through the stories in olive kitteridge in fact in addition to the presence of olive in each story and the setting it is the recurrent themes that unify the stories into a. Olive kitteridge summary and study guide.
Olive kitteridge 2008 is a novel by american author elizabeth strout.
Olive kitteridge summary of each story. Enotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of olive kitteridge. The protagonist in this novel shows up in each of the connected stories even though the book is not a novel by traditional standards. Complete summary of elizabeth strout s olive kitteridge.
The story follows the main character olive kitteridge as she deals with the daily life of living in a small town in crosby maine. A modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes supersummary offers high quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes characters quotes and essay topics. Watch olive kitteridge now on your favorite device.
She is married to henry kitteridge a kind considerate man who runs a pharmacy downtown and has a troubled son named christopher who grows up to be a podiatrist. It presents a portrait of the title character and a number of recurring characters in the coastal town of crosby maine it takes the form of 13 short stories that are interrelated but discontinuous in terms of narrative. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership.
Elizabeth strout booklist elizabeth strout message board. Thanks for exploring this supersummary study guide of olive kitteridge by elizabeth strout. As a high school math teacher olive kitteridge is responsible for teach many of the children that live in the town once they are old enough to attend high school age.
In addition to the aforementioned connected stories. A lounge musician haunted by a past romance. A former student who has lost the will to live.
And while you don t need to read olive kitteridge first i predict that as soon as you finish olive again you ll want to devour everything strout. Olive kitteridge is a misanthropic and strict but well meaning retired schoolteacher who lives in the fictional seaside town of crosby maine. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of olive kitteridge.
At times stern at other times patient at times perceptive at other times in sad denial olive kitteridge a retired schoolteacher deplores the changes in her little town of crosby maine and in the world at large but she doesn t always recognize the changes in those around her. Olive kitteridge book summary and study guide. It won the 2009 pulitzer prize for fiction and was a finalist for the 2008 national book critics.
Oprah s announcement of olive again as her second oprah s book club pick in her new partnership with apple is exciting for many reasons not least because it will encourage more readers to get to know this quirky yet endearing character.
