Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Olive is a school teacher, a very strong woman living in a small town in Maine. This book takes the reader through episodes in her life, and those of the people living around her. I liked this book because it explores the many aspects of Olive's personality and behaviour making her come across as very real. It does mean that the reader's opinion of Olive changes as the book progresses but I found that it also broke down the preconceptions I had based on the first chapter. Sometimes I liked her, sometimes I didn't but I never felt like I truly knew her.