MAY BOOK
Our book for May is Olive Kitteridge (link) by American author Elizabeth Strout. This collection of linked short stories was the basis for the Emmy Award–winning HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins and Bill Murray. Once again we'll be meeting virtually via ZOOM and anyone can join via this zoomlink. (If you have any issues, more detailed ZOOM info can be found in the Comments sections from previous months.) The festivities commence at 7pm on the evening of Tuesday, May 4. Bring a friend or pet, plus a heaping helping of your favorite beverage and join the fun. Let's hope we can get back to a patio for June.
At 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.
