"Olive Kitteridge" by Elizabeth Strout. I started this book a couple of times and finally realized I "needed" to read it so I could read all of Elizabeth Strouts books. I am glad that I did because I can now understand "her" as much as is possible. I am being a bit cryptic but still processing. I had to look again at the date it was published and her perspective on the president. Interesting.

This is *Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout* - Winner of the *Pulitzer Prize* in 2009.

Here is a summary in English:

*What is the book?*
It's not a traditional novel. It's a novel in 13 short stories. All the stories take place in the small coastal town of *Crosby, Maine*, and all are connected by one woman: *Olive Kitteridge*.

*Who is Olive Kitteridge?*

Olive is a large, complicated, unforgettable woman. She is a retired 7th-grade math teacher in her 60s.

- She is blunt, brutally honest, rude, and often intimidating. Students and even her own son are afraid of her.
- But she is also deeply empathetic, lonely, and has a huge capacity for love that she doesn't know how to show.
- She is depressed and struggles with who she is and what her life means.

She is married to *Henry Kitteridge*, a kind, gentle, loving pharmacist who adores her and tries endlessly to make her happy. Olive doesn't understand how he can love her.