in a sequel that's out today, strout has brought olive back.frey brown headed north to talk with the author, for our ongoing arts and culture series, "canvas." hes a young girl, she would sit in the car with mother, parked on a street like this one in bath, maine, watching theop walk by. >> she'd say "oh, look at that woman. she doesn't seem too eager to get home." and i'd think, why?ve and i'd leanthe back seat and i'd say, "what is it about and my mother migh"oh, well, her coat hem hasn't been mended for a while," or some little detail like that. i mean, i was immediately interested in what the woman's story was, and wanting to see what her home looked like and what her other clothes would like. >> brown: years ter, strout would become known as a writer with an uncanny ability to conjure up the innerives of her characters, many of them in small-town coastal maine.in most famouslhe novel "olive kitteridge," which won the 2009 pulitzer prize. and, was later made into an award-winning hbo series starring frances mcdormand. olive, a seventh grade

in a sequel out toda strout has brought olive back.k with the thor, for our ongoing arts and culture series, "canvas. " elizabeth: very often, i absorb people that i just pass on the street. jeffrey: when elizabeth was an young girl, he would- she would sit with her mother in her car on a street in bath, maine, tching people walk by. elizabeth: that woman, she doesn't seeme.ager to go h i would think, why, what is it about her? my mother might say, well, her coat hem hasn't been mended for a while, or some little detail. i was immediately interested in what the woman's story wgo, wanting tome to see what her home looked like, what her other clothes l would looke. jeffrey: years later, strout would be known as a writer with an uncanny ability to conjure up the inner life of her characters, many in small town coastal maine, most famously in "olive kitteridge," which won the 2009 pulitzer prize and was later made into an award-winning hbo series starring frances mc dormand. >> your mother is not depressed. >> yes, i am. happto have it. je

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