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Olive Kitteridge
Olive Kitteridge is a 2008 novel or short story cycle by American author Elizabeth Strout. Set in Maine in the fictional coastal town of Crosby, it comprises 13 stories that are interrelated but narratively discontinuous. Olive Kitteridge is a main character in some stories and has a lesser or cameo role in others. Six of the stories had been published in periodicals between 1992 and 2007.
The novel won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award. HBO produced a 2014 four-part miniseries adaptation featuring Frances McDormand in the title role and Richard Jenkins as her character's husband. The series won eight awards at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Lead Actor for Jenkins and Outstanding Lead Actress for McDormand. A sequel to the novel, titled Olive, Again, was published on October 15, 2019, by Random House.
The first story centers on Henry Kitteridge, the pharmacist of the town of Crosby and husband of Olive, and his relationship with his new employee, Denise Thibodeau. Henry daydreams of taking care of Denise after the tragic death of her husband, when he gets mistaken for a deer and gets shot by his best friend. Even though Henry still loves his cantankerous wife Olive, Henry Kitteridge has various fantasies about Denise and is thinking of her in an unfaithful way. Jerry McCarthy, the former delivery boy of the pharmacy who got a new well paid job, eventually proposes to Denise and the couple moves to Texas. Denise maintains contact with Henry through a yearly birthday letter.
Kevin Coulson returns to Crosby where he grew up, planning to go to his childhood home and die by suicide. While sitting in his car he is approached by Olive Kitteridge, his former math teacher, who enters his car and speaks to him frankly about his mother's suicide years before and her own father's suicide. Kevin decides not to go through with his plan. Olive notices that a former classmate of Kevin's, Patty Howe, has fallen into the dock, and Kevin rescues her. The story illuminates Kevin’s emotional world and explores his thoughts throughout his visit in Crosby.
Angela (Angie) O'Meara, now in her 50s, has played the piano in the cocktail lounge at the Warehouse Bar and Grill for many years. Her co-workers include Joe, the bartender, and Betty, a waitress.
Angie lives in a rented room on Wood street and does not own a car. She walks to a grocery store and to the Warehouse. Angie has been involved with Malcolm Moody, the town of Crosby's first selectman, for over twenty years. Malcolm is married and has children.
On a Friday night, a week before Christmas, Angie arrives at her usual time of 6pm. Angie has stage fright and began drinking vodka at five fifteen before she left. Due to her stage fright, Angie never takes her twenty-minute break when playing.
At the beginning of her shift Olive Kitteridge and her husband arrive at the bar, which pleases Angie who likes Henry who she reckons to be a kind person. Angie plays Henry Kitteridge's favourite song - Good Night, Irene - when she sees that the Kitteridges are leaving.
Olive Kitteridge
Olive Kitteridge is a 2008 novel or short story cycle by American author Elizabeth Strout. Set in Maine in the fictional coastal town of Crosby, it comprises 13 stories that are interrelated but narratively discontinuous. Olive Kitteridge is a main character in some stories and has a lesser or cameo role in others. Six of the stories had been published in periodicals between 1992 and 2007.
The novel won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award. HBO produced a 2014 four-part miniseries adaptation featuring Frances McDormand in the title role and Richard Jenkins as her character's husband. The series won eight awards at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Lead Actor for Jenkins and Outstanding Lead Actress for McDormand. A sequel to the novel, titled Olive, Again, was published on October 15, 2019, by Random House.
The first story centers on Henry Kitteridge, the pharmacist of the town of Crosby and husband of Olive, and his relationship with his new employee, Denise Thibodeau. Henry daydreams of taking care of Denise after the tragic death of her husband, when he gets mistaken for a deer and gets shot by his best friend. Even though Henry still loves his cantankerous wife Olive, Henry Kitteridge has various fantasies about Denise and is thinking of her in an unfaithful way. Jerry McCarthy, the former delivery boy of the pharmacy who got a new well paid job, eventually proposes to Denise and the couple moves to Texas. Denise maintains contact with Henry through a yearly birthday letter.
Kevin Coulson returns to Crosby where he grew up, planning to go to his childhood home and die by suicide. While sitting in his car he is approached by Olive Kitteridge, his former math teacher, who enters his car and speaks to him frankly about his mother's suicide years before and her own father's suicide. Kevin decides not to go through with his plan. Olive notices that a former classmate of Kevin's, Patty Howe, has fallen into the dock, and Kevin rescues her. The story illuminates Kevin’s emotional world and explores his thoughts throughout his visit in Crosby.
Angela (Angie) O'Meara, now in her 50s, has played the piano in the cocktail lounge at the Warehouse Bar and Grill for many years. Her co-workers include Joe, the bartender, and Betty, a waitress.
Angie lives in a rented room on Wood street and does not own a car. She walks to a grocery store and to the Warehouse. Angie has been involved with Malcolm Moody, the town of Crosby's first selectman, for over twenty years. Malcolm is married and has children.
On a Friday night, a week before Christmas, Angie arrives at her usual time of 6pm. Angie has stage fright and began drinking vodka at five fifteen before she left. Due to her stage fright, Angie never takes her twenty-minute break when playing.
At the beginning of her shift Olive Kitteridge and her husband arrive at the bar, which pleases Angie who likes Henry who she reckons to be a kind person. Angie plays Henry Kitteridge's favourite song - Good Night, Irene - when she sees that the Kitteridges are leaving.