Elizabeth Strout - A Segunda Vida de Olive Kitteridge

What has become of Olive Kitteridge? When we last heard from her, she had just lost her life partner and was trying to find meaning in her days.

Time passes, but Olive doesn't change and has decided it's not yet time to give up on life. Rude, inconvenient, and stubborn, as well as honest and generous, Olive Kitteridge continues to observe the small town of Crosby with her peculiar combination of empathy and reserve, even when helping a woman give birth at an absurdly inopportune moment or comforting a girl trying to accept her father's death. Olive knows that others can be a mirror of ourselves. And she finally gains the courage to look inward with the disarming frankness she dedicates to others.

Because it's too late to correct the mistakes of the past and life can't wait, she decides to seize the opportunity to start over alongside Jack Kennison, a retired university professor and widower like herself. Both endure the loneliness of the excessively long nights and miss the children they failed to keep close. Together, they try to grasp a future they know is far too short.

In this new book, the unforgettable Olive continues to surprise us with her witty remarks, move us with her humanity, and inspire us to embrace the mystery and turmoil of life, highlighting her place as a literary character more real than life itself.

A masterful and moving novel about loneliness, love, loss, and new beginnings, and about the hope that endures through it all.