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Olive Kitteridge
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Pulitzer Prize winner

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Mary Alice
Jun 24, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction
Sort of heavy and depressing. Some great writing though--"It’s just that I’m the kind of person,' Rebecca continued, 'that thinks if you took a map of the whole world and put a pin in it for every person, there wouldn’t be a pin for me."
— Elizabeth Strout (Olive Kitteridge)
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Betsie
Jan 19, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
This was certainly an odd book. I'm still not sure what to make of it and I am absolutely unsure how I feel about Oliver herself. In many ways, she reminds me of me. But also she seems like such a strange duck and I can't really figure her out. I think I am going to have to sit on this for a while before I can really write a review of it. I am very interested in how others felt about this book. ...more
Jayanne
Sep 15, 2009 rated it it was ok
Shelves: adult-fiction
Interesting characters, well written - Depressing!
Shannan
Dec 25, 2008 marked it as to-read
Shelves: fiction
Johnisha
Apr 24, 2009 rated it liked it
Leora
Jun 08, 2009 rated it liked it
Erin
Jul 05, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shary
Jul 17, 2009 marked it as to-read
Barb
Nov 07, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Jen
Dec 29, 2009 rated it really liked it
Chrissie
Jul 07, 2010 rated it liked it
Sue
Aug 16, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Liz
Jul 05, 2012 marked it as to-read
Jenn
Sep 08, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Ling
Dec 03, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
Elisabeth
Oct 10, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Tammy Prater
Nov 30, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Sheri
Dec 30, 2015 marked it as to-read
Patty
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Ann
Mar 21, 2016 marked it as to-read
Larissa
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Jane
Jul 09, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Alan
Nov 10, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jennifer
May 31, 2017 marked it as to-read
Tim
Dec 20, 2017 rated it really liked it
Sarah Mansfield
Sep 12, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Hez
May 28, 2021 rated it did not like it
Patricia
Dec 08, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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