6/22/2023 0 Comments Olive kitteridge novel![]() ![]() She imagines her new daughter-in-law saying, "I must be losing my mind." She takes a magic marker and draws a black line down the arm of a beige sweater. What is she doing? She's looking through her new daughter-in-law's closet. Picture this: Olive on the day of her son's wedding. Here's a perfect example of a character you'd never be friends with, but whom you can't stop reading about: Her name is Olive Kitteridge, and she's the title character of Elizabeth Strout's book of short stories. The main character has to be a friend? I don't get that. Whenever people say they didn't like the main character of a book, they mean they didn't like the book. ![]() She calls and says, "This is Melissa," and whoever answers says, "Same thing?" She lives in Manhattan, where almost every night she orders an R-5 - that's Revolution Diet Number 5 - vegetables and tofu, from Empire Szechuan. Melissa Bank is the author of The Wonder Spot and The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing. ![]()
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