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Olive helps set up the wake of Ed Bonney, something Henry would have done were he well. During the wake, Kerry Monroe, the cousin of Ed's widow
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Kitteridge. Haunted by loneliness and loss, Strout’s use of gentle humour and a sense of hope creates an unforgettable novel". On July/August 2008 issue of
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Patty Granger – another daughter of Alan and Donna.
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937:Cliff Mott – suffering from
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2496:A Visit from the Goon Squad
2101:The Stories of John Cheever
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2125:A Confederacy of Dunces
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849:Harry Coombs – died of
757:The Brown-Caskey Family
567:The Burnham Connections
238:The novel won the 2009
40:First edition hardcover
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1676:John Phillips Marquand
1006:, the book received a
535:The Foster Connections
272:Outstanding Lead Actor
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1910:To Kill a Mockingbird
1874:A Death in the Family
1671:The Late George Apley
528:Boston, Massachusetts
417:The Kitteridge Family
2197:A Summons to Memphis
2094:James Alan McPherson
1592:Margaret Ayer Barnes
1476:The Able McLaughlins
1440:The Age of Innocence
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890:Rachel Jones – gets
766:who can't get a job.
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2661:Jayne Anne Phillips
1922:The Edge of Sadness
1891:Robert Lewis Taylor
1784:James Gould Cozzens
1731:Journey in the Dark
1695:The Grapes of Wrath
1563:Scarlet Sister Mary
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2274:Robert Olen Butler
2130:John Kennedy Toole
1994:House Made of Dawn
1898:Advise and Consent
1760:Robert Penn Warren
1755:All the King's Men
1659:Gone with the Wind
1256:"Olive Kitteridge"
1062:The New York Times
987:Critical reception
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670:guidance counselor
633:The Granger Family
609:junior high school
598:The Houlton Family
524:real estate lawyer
424:American Red Cross
369:"Ship in a Bottle"
333:"A Different Road"
306:"The Piano Player"
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2281:The Shipping News
2221:Breathing Lessons
2048:The Killer Angels
1796:A. B. Guthrie Jr.
1772:James A. Michener
1664:Margaret Mitchell
1647:Honey in the Horn
1623:Lamb in His Bosom
1149:TV by the Numbers
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516:Betty – waitress.
360:"Basket of Trips"
256:Frances McDormand
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2567:Colson Whitehead
2477:Elizabeth Strout
2472:Olive Kitteridge
2441:Geraldine Brooks
2305:Independence Day
2257:A Thousand Acres
2149:The Color Purple
1999:N. Scott Momaday
1951:Shirley Ann Grau
1939:William Faulkner
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1855:William Faulkner
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1826:The Caine Mutiny
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