Olive Kitteridge - July 2021 Book Group discussion thread

11 watchers

Serendippily Oct 2021 6:57pm, 4 Oct 2021 23,500 posts	0 Serendippily Ha I didn’t find it like a collection of short stories even though it was a collection of short stories
LindsD Oct 2021 9:46pm, 4 Oct 2021 49,980 posts	0 LindsD I agree with you about Anne Tyler.
Peregrinator Oct 2021 9:50pm, 4 Oct 2021 941 posts	0 Peregrinator I also enjoyed Olive again, which seemed to have a better shape as a series of stories.
McGoohan Oct 2021 9:52pm, 4 Oct 2021 50,374 posts	0 McGoohan I think that's true - the first book really was a repurposed series of short stories, but I think she wrote Olive Again as a single entity.
GregP Oct 2021 1:21pm, 5 Oct 2021 129,794 posts	0 GregP There’s an interview with her in the November edition of Good Housekeeping. Allegedly.
McGoohan Oct 2021 1:37pm, 5 Oct 2021 50,385 posts	0 McGoohan I hope one of the questions is "So did they survive or what?"
McGoohan Oct 2021 2:53pm, 5 Oct 2021 50,387 posts	0 McGoohan waterstones.com Oh William, the third Lucy Barton book out shortly!
Diogenes Oct 2021 3:08pm, 5 Oct 2021 63,240 posts	0 Diogenes I expect it will focus more on cushion colour choice and the boons open-plan living. There well be a mention of desk and bookshelves.
McGoohan Oct 2021 3:13pm, 5 Oct 2021 50,388 posts	0 McGoohan I'm disappointed that it's not a Will-i-am biography
Diogenes Oct 2021 3:15pm, 5 Oct 2021 63,241 posts	0 Diogenes Is it really nothing?