bWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the 1 iNew York Times ibestselling author of the Oprah's Book Club pick iOlive, Againibbrb bbrbFiction lovers, remember this name iOlive Kitteridgei. . . . You'll never forget her.i--USA Todayibbrb bbrbNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY iThe Washington Post Book World i- iUSA Today i- iSan Francisco Chronicle i- iChicago Tribune i- iSeattle Post-Intelligencer i- iPeople i- iEntertainment Weekly i- iThe Christian Science Monitor i- iThe Plain Dealer i- iThe Atlantic i- iRocky Mountain News i- iLibrary Journalib pAt 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