In case you missed my appearance on CBS This Morning with Oprah!
“Oprah’s Book Club Reveal,” CBS This Morning, November 7, 2019.Oprah's New Book Club Pick: Olive, Again
“My latest pick is Elizabeth Strout’s Olive, Again,” Oprah says. “Ah, Olive. She teaches us so much about loneliness, judgment, aging, and loss. And empathy, too. I’m in awe of Strout’s ability to convey so much in so few words.”
Oprah has done so much to support readers and writers over the years. I am really thrilled and honored that she chose OLIVE, AGAIN as her next Oprah’s Book Club pick.
“Oprah's New Book Club Pick: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout,” Oprah.com, November 7, 2019.The Guardian: A moving tour de force
“Olive, Again is a tour de force. With extraordinary economy of prose – few writers can pack so much emotion, so much detail into a single paragraph – Strout immerses us in the lives of her characters, each so authentically drawn as to be deserving of an entire novel themselves. Compassionate, masterly and profound, this is a writer at the height of her powers”
Hannah Beckerman, “Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout review – a moving tour de force,” The Guardian, November 3, 2019.The Guardian: 'Oh man, she's back': Elizabeth Strout on the return of Olive Kitteridge
“There is a moment in Olive, Again, the eagerly awaited follow-up to Olive Kitteridge , Elizabeth Strout’s best-seller of 2008, in which the novelist’s virtuosity is on full display. Kitteridge, an elderly widow by now and still living in Maine, spots a former pupil in a diner … and approaches her to revive the connection. In the exchange that follows, one becomes aware of Strout’s sympathetic range…. ‘That was the first story that I wrote for Olive, Again,’ says Strout, cheerfully. ‘She just showed up and I saw her nosing her car into the marina; and I thought: Oh man, she’s back.’ She laughs with pure joy.”
Emma Brockes, "'Oh man, she's back': Elizabeth Strout on the return of Olive Kitteridge," The Guardian, October 19, 2019.Entertainment Weekly: Master Class: EW puts Ann Patchett and Elizabeth Strout in conversation
“They’re two of the most decorated women in modern American letters: Elizabeth Strout, the Pulitzer Prize-winning maestro of Maine … and Ann Patchett, whose lauded catalog includes the best-sellers Bel Canto and Commonwealth.
But on a bright fall morning in New York, they were just two old friends catching up to talk about their latest works — Olive, Againand The Dutch House, respectively — what they’re reading, and why you won’t find them on Instagram.”
Leah Greenblatt, “Master Class: EW puts Ann Patchett and Elizabeth Strout in conversation,” Entertainment Weekly, October 15, 2019.