I tore through reading Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, unsure why I was unable to put that book down. With her sequel Olive, Again, I started to understand why. Why are these books so appealing? Yes, Olive is a curmudgeony old lady and we get an inside tour of her aging body and changing relationships, but overlaid atop Olive’s gruff and unfiltered commentary is Elizabeth Strout’s writing choices and techniques.

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