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Author | Elizabeth Strout |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Short stories |
Publisher | Random House |
Publication date
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March 25, 2008 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 288 pages |
ISBN | |
OCLC | 123767230 |
813/.54 22 | |
LC Class | PS3569.T736 O5 2008 |
Olive Kitteridge (2008) is a novel by American author Elizabeth Strout. 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. It won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award. HBO produced a four-part mini-series, based on the novel, featuring Frances McDormand in the title role, which aired on November 2 and 3, 2014. The series won eight awards at the 2015 Primetime Emmys.
The Kitteridge Family
The Thibodeau/McCarthy Family
Lounge Patrons and Employees
The Foster Connections
The Burnham Connections
The Houlton Family
The Granger Family
The Larkin Family
The Monroe-Bonney Family
The Harwood Family
The Brown-Caskey Family
Townfolk