Olive
Olive is many things. Independent. Driven. Loyal. And a little bit adrift.
She's okay with still figuring it all out, navigating her world without a compass. But life comes with expectations and big choices to be made. So when her best friends' lives branch away towards marriage and motherhood, leaving the path they've always followed together, she starts to question her choices—because life according to Olive looks a little bit different.
Moving, memorable, and a mirror for anyone at a crossroads, OLIVE has a little bit of all of us. Told with humor and great warmth, this is a modern tale about the obstacle course of adulthood and the challenges of having—and deciding not to have—children. A must-read for women finding their own way.
- Pages
- 316
- First published
- 2020
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Ebook
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Reviews
Finished December 6, 2022
This is a 3.5⭐️ book. I did like it. The story was good and the characters were interesting, but it took me a long time to finally finish listening to the audiobook I got from Netgalley. I think it took me about a year to read it? Something like that. Olive reminds me a little bit of myself when I was in my 20s. My high school and college friends were having kids or just drifting, while I had decided to join the Navy for a few years. Even in the Navy though it was hard to find friends who weren’t single, let alone without kids. Now I’m in my 40s and still single by choice & no kids. I’m the fun Auntie now. So ya this book had me reflecting a little about my own choices in my 20s and 30s. I did really like the audiobook and the reader did a really nice job. The end of the book wrapped up nicely. Would I read more by this author? Maybe. Emma Gannon is a good writer so if she has another fictions book out I’d read it. This book does feel more like an biography than a fictional character but it works because there’s a lot of issues of life that Olive and other characters go through. So thanks Netgalley for the audiobook. I don’t think I’ll be keeping my copy though. Reading this once was enough for me.