for my #Christmas books, I got #MyNameisLucyBarton and #OliveKitteridge by #ElizabethStrout (and am currently deep into a 1967 novel about a woman who has had breast cancer, #MyFriendSaysIt'sBullet-Proof by #PenelopeMortimer (Emily Mortimer's mum) #books #bookstodon

just finished #OliveKitteridge Lovely clear, naturalistic language, but my slow brain found it difficult to keep up with the vast cast of characters involved in the multiple-short-story format. would say that meant it'd be difficult to care about them, but that wouldn't be true, they do worm their way in, and I fully expect ones I've already forgotten about to be coming back to me for quite a while yet. #bookstodon