![]() ![]() ![]() This novel manages to be funny, heartbreaking, and uplifting all at once. ![]() Slowly, the friendship helps draw Eleanor out of her isolation, but also pushes her toward difficult truths about herself, her past, and her future.Įleanor is endearing for her mix of self-awareness and oblivious social awkwardness, and Raymond is an unexpected hero. Meanwhile, she finds herself in an unexpected friendship with her coworker, Raymond, when they help an elderly gentleman after a fall. In fact, the film rights were bought by Reese Witherspoon and we are looking forward to. She starts working out a self-improvement plan in anticipation of her future relationship with the musician, despite her mother’s cruel discouragement. Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine has taken the world by storm. Nevermind that she has no social life, no friends, and she tends to say brutally honest, awkward, and somewhat inappropriate things. Inspired by classic heroines of 19th century literature, Gail Honeyman was writing her debut novel, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely. She’s fine, and she’s even ready to pursue a relationship with a musician who seems perfect for her (once she actually meets him). ![]() This is Honeyman’s debut novel and she lives in Glasgow, Scotland. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine won the Costa First Novel Award and was short-listed for the Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize. Eleanor has her routine down to a science: work, weekly phone calls with her mother, and weekends alone with vodka. Gail Honeyman is a graduate of the universities of Glasgow and Oxford. ![]()
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