Olive, Again follows the blunt, contradictory yet deeply loveable Olive Kitteridge as she grows older, navigating the second half of her life as she comes to terms with the changes - sometimes welcome, sometimes not - in her own existence and in those around her.
Olive adjusts to her new life with her second husband, challenges her estranged son and his family to accept him, experiences loss and loneliness, witnesses the triumphs and heartbreaks of her friends and neighbours in the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine - and, finally, opens herself to new lessons about life.
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[In the early afternoon on a Saturday in June, Jack Kennison put on his sunglasses, got into his sports car with the top down, strapped the seatbelt over his shoulder and across his large stomach, and drove to Portland - almost an hour away - to buy a gallon of whiskey rather than bump into Olive Kitteridge at the grocery store here in Crosby, Maine]***
(Viking, 31 October 2019, 304 pages, ebook, copy from @VikingBooks via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed)
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I really loved Olive Kitteridge and the small-screen adaptation starring the amazing Frances McDormand so I couldn't wait to read this. I was not disappointed. Olive is such an interesting character. She's not a particularly nice person but you can't help love her. This is set some years after the first book with Olive navigating old age. I fell in love with her all over again. What I enjoyed is that Olive, Again doesn't only focus on her but everyone who touches her life. This is a lovely book. I really hope they adapt this for the small-screen as well.