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I kept delaying the end of this book; to end it meant my little world would be taken away from me. This is a book of 13 short stories with the main character, Olive, focused either as a great presence or a few foot steps in each story. The author is such a gifted storyteller and draws a picture of each character in ways that amazed me as i was drawn in to each life and could not stop reading. I could not only see a particular shade of flowers but i could feel the clouds, wind; feel the terror walking along a high cliff, even could see olive,stretched out, huddled up to her radio...it has been about 4 months since i read this book and i can still see the faces, feel the sadness, follow olive on her brisk walk along the park and most of all i am still in awe of how she describes lonliness in all its horror and necessary shapes and sizes, how it becomes the same lonliness i have felt and claimed as my own and was shocked someone could write about my thoughts...how could she have known???the whole book was a series of stopping at a sentence and saying to myself...how could she have known this??? it is no wonder it won the pulitzer the other day
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tangela55, April 26, 2009
I kept delaying the end of this book; to end it meant my little world would be taken away from me. This is a book of 13 short stories with the main character, Olive, focused either as a great presence or a few foot steps in each story. The author is such a gifted storyteller and draws a picture of each character in ways that amazed me as i was drawn in to each life and could not stop reading. I could not only see a particular shade of flowers but i could feel the clouds, wind; feel the terror walking along a high cliff, even could see olive,stretched out, huddled up to her radio...it has been about 4 months since i read this book and i can still see the faces, feel the sadness, follow olive on her brisk walk along the park and most of all i am still in awe of how she describes lonliness in all its horror and necessary shapes and sizes, how it becomes the same lonliness i have felt and claimed as my own and was shocked someone could write about my thoughts...how could she have known???the whole book was a series of stopping at a sentence and saying to myself...how could she have known this??? it is no wonder it won the pulitzer the other day(8 of 9 readers found this comment helpful)