A companion to the works of Elizabeth Strout /

In this first study of novelist Elizabeth Strout's bestselling works, Katherine Montwieler reveals how Strout's voice, characters and themes generate a powerful empathic response among mainstream readers, mostly women, that elite scholars undervalue at their own peril. This accessible comp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Montwieler, Katherine, 1970- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, an imprint of Ohio University Press, [2022].
Subjects:	Strout, Elizabeth > Criticism and interpretation. American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism. American literature > 21st century > History and criticism.

Table of Contents:

The women's work of loving imperfectly in Amy and Isabelle
Enduring faith in abide with me
Finding her voice in Olive Kitteridge
The Burgess Boys, literary leave-takings and homecomings
Declaring my name is Lucy Barton
Anything is possible with everyday grace
Olive, again
Oh William! The art of losing.