Beekley Book Club: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction & New York Times BestsellerOlive Kitteridge, Strout's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, tells a series of interrelated narratives that involve, sometimes more directly and other times only peripherally, Olive Kitteridge, a woman living in the fictional coastal town of Crosby, Maine. Olive is an "unlikeable" woman. She's prickly, judgmental and unaccommodating. Olive teaches 7th-grade mathematics and Olive's husband, Henry, is a pharmacist. They have a son, Christopher, who grows up to be a podiatrist. The book follows the Kitteridges over a course of decades, and in doing so presents a series of empathetic and honest stories about the people of Crosby and the large and small dramas, heartbreaks and joys in their lives.Reserve a copy of the book through a patron account or call the Beekley at 860-379-7235. The Beekley Book Club is a book discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in.

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