Olive Kitteridge

Interesting Facts

• The book is a collection of interconnected stories, each focusing on the lives of residents of a small town in Maine.
• The main character, Olive Kitteridge, is a retired teacher, and her character is revealed through the prism of various stories and characters.
• Olive Kitteridge is portrayed as a complex and contradictory personality, who simultaneously evokes sympathy and irritation from those around her.
• The book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2009.
• The book was adapted into a miniseries in 2014, which received high praise from critics and several Emmy Awards.