Sunday, July 21, 2013

What is a detailed biography of Olive Kitteridge?

Olive Kitteridge is a retired math teacher, married to
Henry, a pharmacist who is subservient to her demanding ways. They live in Crosby,
Maine. Olive is well-known in town, but has few close friends. Olive and Henry have one
child, Christopher, who moves far away because he can't stand to be near his overbearing
mother. Olive's relationship with Suzanne, Christopher's wife, is strained, and the
marriage eventually ends. When Christopher remarries and becomes a father, Olive tries
to be flexible and accepting of Christopher's second wife, Ann. She wants to be part of
their family and perhaps entice Christopher to move back to his hometown. When Henry
suffers a stroke, Olive spends part of each day with him in the convalescent home, but
he's unresponsive and beyond recovery. Alone and lonely, Olive meets Jack Kennison, who
was not originally from the town of Crosby, so she perceives him as an outsider. She
realizes that, although he's not perfect, she would rather spend the rest of her life
with him than by herself.

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