{"product_id":"used-olive-kitteridge-1","title":"Used - Olive Kitteridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition – its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive’s own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life – sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless honesty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish Date - 2008 - Used Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54056676655414,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/IMG-5058.heic?v=1779652101","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/used-olive-kitteridge-1","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}