The book is a compilation of short stories involving people who occupy a small coastal town in Maine
I have never really thought from a middle aged woman's perspective except to think that that is what i'll become in a few years? I think often about the elderly when I am at work and afterwards- of the injustices they deal with, and how their bodies and minds do not work together, but middle aged woman who is angry was hard for me...
I told my mom that I hated this book in the middle of it because she had read it too, and wanted to know what I thought. Olive was unbearable at times. mean and bitter. her judgement and family woes hit too close to home sometimes, and made me feel embarrassed for her- it seemed like her life was filled with resentment and the regret of an inappropriate and unfulfilled love held for a man long dead that wasn't her husband.
Overall, it made me feel something, so I would not, not recommend it. does that make sense? There were parts that were funny, and honest inside too, just be prepared with another book right afterwards so you're not feeling so blue at the end
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