Month: July 2020

The Pursuit of Love – Athenaeum Book Club 2020
By Nancy Mitford
July 3, 2020
Nancy Mitford was born in 1904. Her childhood in a large remote country house with five sisters and one brother is described in the early chapters of The Pursuit of Love, which, said Miss Mitford, are largely autobiographical. She was, she said, uneducated except for being taught to ride and to speak French.
Olive Kitteridge – Athenaeum Book Club 2020
By Elizabeth Strout
July 3, 2020
Olive Kitteridge: indomitable, compassionate and often unpredictable. A retired schoolteacher in a small coastal town in Maine, struggling to make sense of the changes in her life as she grows older. She is a woman who sees into the hearts of others, discerning their triumphs and tragedies.
We meet her stoic husband, bound to her in a marriage both broken and strong, and a young man who aches for the mother he lost – and whom Olive comforts by her mere presence, while her own son feels tyrannized by her overbearing sensitivities.
A penetrating, vibrant exploration of the human soul in need, Olive Kitteridge will make you laugh, nod in recognition, wince in pain and shed a tear or two.
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