As I read this book, chapter by chapter I asked myself, "Why am i loving this book?". I really loved this book!!! I think it was because it seemed so real. Each vignette told a simple honest story that showed the hearts and character of those in the story. Each vignette was quite short but the characters rich and developed. Olive, who played a large or even tiny role in each, was totally revealed with all her faults, failures, stubborness, and best intentions. She was real. Everyone in the book seemed real. The story can be shocking, delightful, hopeful or make you cringe. It is a book you think about weeks afterward, fondly. I could read it again. It was a joy.

Olive Kitterage was voted the best read of the year by many members of our book club.