![]() ![]() …what came to her as she sat here now was the fact that it had not been the first time Ann had yelled at him like that these were openings into the darkness of a relationship one saw by mistake, as if inside a dark barn, the door had been momentarily blown off and on saw things not meant to be seen. Olive is appalled, but mainly by two realisations that hit her ![]() ![]() What’s the matter with you? Jesus! You can’t even be polite to him? For crying out loud, Christopher, you are such a baby! You think I have four little kids? I have five little kids!’ ‘Oh, stop it, Christopher! Just stop it! Let the woman get married. Christopher’s wife Ann gives him a severe dressing down in front of Olive, Jack, and her children ![]() I only read Olive Kitteridge earlier this year and had to allow a little time to pass before I read the next book where she is the protagonist, Olive, Again for Olive is strong meat, and here she is tackling old age head on.Īs in the previous book, she appears in thirteen stories, sometimes full-face, at others with just a small walk-on part, but as she ages, she becomes more open to understanding the kind of woman she is.Ī visit from her son Christopher and his wife and children during which she introduces her intended second husband, Jack Kennison, rips the scales from her eyes. ![]()
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