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Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
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Oh Godfrey, it's that Olive, Again
Review of the Random House Audio edition (2019) released simultaneously with the Random House hardcover

I listened to the audiobook edition of Olive, Again, Strout's sequel to her first Olive novel-in-short-stories [b:Olive Kitteridge|1736739|Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)|Elizabeth Strout|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320430655l/1736739._SY75_.jpg|3263906] and which takes the same short story format as its predecessor. The new book centres around Olive's relationship with her 2nd husband Jack, her relationship with her grown son Christopher and his family, other residents of Crosby, Maine and Olive's aging and senior health issues. It was as excellent as the first book.

The narration by Kimberly Farr was well done in all voices. Farr also narrated the audiobook edition of the original Olive Kitteridge

Trivia and Link
There are as yet no signs of a follow-up TV miniseries for this 2nd book to carry on from the original HBO miniseries for Olive Kitteridge (2014) dir. Lisa Cholodenko. Frances McDormand's future projects (as of Feb. 2021) do show a planned film adaptation of Miriam Toews' [b:Women Talking|40046077|Women Talking|Miriam Toews|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1530534348l/40046077._SY75_.jpg|59561467] (2018) to be directed by Sarah Polley.