Pulitzer Prize wining fiction

Elizabeth Strout recently won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her book Olive Kitteridge. Boy is it well deserved. Set up in 13 short vignettes, the whole book is tied together with one character, Olive Kitteridge who plays both small and large parts depending on the story. Strout evokes the human condition beautifully, describing the simplest details with heart wrenching beauty. In many of the stories, nothing much really happens, but Strout is able to draw the reader in to the inner of lives of her characters so deeply that one becomes mesmerized with their thoughts and feelings. I found this a very emotional but worthwhile read. Highly recommended.

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Reviewed by Lori M.