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Mar 22, 2016
This is such a beautifully written collection of short stories. I found our book group meeting on it extremely interesting - it had never occurred to me that anyone could hate Olive. Some of us saw her as a wretched creature who wrecked everything she touched and made everything all about her; the rest of us felt a lot more compassion and felt that she touched lives in an extraordinary way. Either way you see Olive, this book will evoke strong reactions in you. The writing is superb. I have to confess, a couple of the stories didn't do a thing for me, but the book as a whole is so stunning, I had to buy my own copy. Highly recommend.