Olive, Again: A Novel

"Ten years after she won a Pulitzer Prize for her linked stories about Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout returns to coastal Crosby, Maine, with this worthy update about her retired but not retiring schoolteacher, a tetchy, blunt busybody who’s also capable of kindness – and self-doubt. At this point in her life, ornery Olive struggles with widowhood, loneliness, regrets over behavior that alienated her only child, snobbery and the affronts of aging – but she’s resilient, and more importantly, open to learning a lesson we should all take to heart: Empathy can radically change your outlook on the world."