Olive Kitteridge

This article is about the novel. For the TV miniseries, see Olive Kitteridge (miniseries).
Olive Kitteridge

First edition hardcover
Author Elizabeth Strout
Country United States
Language English
Genre Short stories
Publisher Random House
Publication date
March 25, 2008
Media type Print (hardcover)
Pages 288 pages
ISBN 978-1-4000-6208-9
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.[1][2][3] The series won eight awards at the 2015 Primetime Emmys.[4]

Stories

Characters

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

Notes

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