Olive, Again

to come to terms with life in general, and ageing in particular. Just like the previous book, this one consists of several loosley connected stories.

Some random thoughts:
✔️This sequel is just as wonderful as the first book. (Yes, you should read Olive Kitteridge before this one.)
✔️ Elisabeth Strout is really good at describing both characters, relations, and settings.
✔️ The description of the ageing human body is just brutal. I had to look up when Elisabeth Strout was born to check if she had any personal experience from it. (She is born in 1956, so probably not.)
✔️ This books makes me even more afraid of getting (really) old.
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Rounded up from 4.5, because there are so many chapters with characters from Strout's other books that if you haven't read them, I'm not sure if they'd resonate. But Olive! A fully formed woman, followed from late middle age to old age. She is a special character. Her lack of filtering and her observations are so wonderful. As I age, I find few major characters keeping pace with me, but then there's Olive. Thank you, Elizabeth Strout, for bringing her back.