![]() ![]() But when she did, she says, “The people showed up rather quickly.” One of her goals with “Olive, Again” was to give dignity to the process of aging: “There’s a myth out there that when somebody reaches a certain age, they stop growing. Strout was finishing her sixth novel, “Anything Is Possible,” so she couldn’t explore the next phase of Olive’s life right away. Strout says she had no intention of revisiting Olive until, one day, she just appeared: “I was sitting in a cafe in Norway - not Norway, Me., the country Norway - and I saw her so clearly: driving into the marina, getting out of her car. However, like its iconic heroine, this book is capable of standing alone. Jack Kennison might be speaking for fans of Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Olive Kitteridge,” which inspired an Emmy-winning HBO mini-series and now this sequel. ![]() ![]() 6 on this week’s hardcover fiction list, the man who will become Olive’s second husband writes, “Dear Olive Kitteridge, I have missed you and if you would see fit to call me or email me or see me, I would like that very much.” In the first chapter of Elizabeth Strout’s “Olive, Again,” which debuts at No. ![]()
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