I did NOT like Olive in the first few chapters. But as the stories unfolded and each gave a different side of her~~I realized that I was Olive. The things that I didn't like about Olive, were the very things about myself that I would change...if I could. Loved by some, hated by others, even a little pity and fear thrown in, these are the emotions that she evoked from others. Somehow Elizabeth captured a woman's heart with all it's intricacies. All the faces that we wear for all the circumstances that life throws at us. love, Love, LOVE OLIVE!!