Olive Kitteridge

Elizabeth Strout’s 2008 book is made of thirteen linked stories set in Crosby, a small coastal town in Maine. Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher who is stern, compassionate and hard to predict, is at the center of some stories and passes through others. As she grows older, she struggles to make sense of the changes in her life. The book won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and became an HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand.