Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: Reese's Book Club (a Novel) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735220697 ISBN 13: 9780735220690

Synopsis

Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She battles with suitable social abilities and tends to state precisely what she's reasoning. Nothing is absent in her precisely timetabled life of keeping away from social associations, where ends of the week are punctuated by solidified pizza, vodka, and telephone talks with Mummy. Be that as it may, everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the blundering and profoundly unhygienic IT fellow from her office. When she and Raymond together spare Sammy, an elderly noble man who has fallen on the walkway, the three turn into the sorts of companions who safeguard each other from the lives of confinement they have each been living. What's more, it is Raymond's huge heart that will at last help Eleanor discover the best approach to repair her own particular significantly harmed one. Destined to be a noteworthy movie created by Reese Witherspoon, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the keen, warm, and elevating story of a strange champion whose vacant unusual quality and oblivious mind make for a compelling voyage as she understands. . .

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Review

"A charmer. . . satisfyingly quirky."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times

"This wacky, charming novel. . . draws you in with humor, then turns out to contain both a suspenseful subplot and a sweet romance. . . Hilarious and moving." --People

"Eleanor Oliphant is a quirky loner and a model of efficiency with her routine of frozen pizza, vodka and weekly phone calls with Mummy. [She's] a woman beginning to heal from unimaginable tragedy, with a voice that is deadpan, heartbreaking and humorous all at once." -NPR.org

"Simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking. . . Eleanor Oliphant may be completely fine, but this book is completely wonderful." --PureWow

"Warm and funny. . . You'll want to read it."--TheSkimm

"Eleanor Oliphant [is] the kind of book you'll want to devour in a single sitting." --Vox

"Warm and uplifting." --POPSUGAR

"Sweet and satisfying, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine will speak to introverts who have ever felt a little weird about their place in the world." --Bustle

"Eleanor Oliphant is a truly original literary creation: funny, touching, and unpredictable. Her journey out of dark shadows is expertly woven and absolutely gripping." --Jojo Moyes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You

"[Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine] made me laugh, it made me cry, and the entire time I beamed with joy at the beauty of this story." -Krysten Ritter, actress, producer, and author of Bonfire

"Move over, Ove (in Fredrik Backman's A Man Called Ove)--there's a new curmudgeon to love. . . Walking in Eleanor's practical black Velcro shoes is delightfully amusing. But readers will also be drawn in by her tragic backstory, which slowly reveals how she came to be so entirely Eleanor. Witty, charming, and heartwarming, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is a remarkable debut about a singular woman. Readers will cheer." --Booklist (starred review)

"Astounding." --PopMatters

"Eleanor Oliphant is endearing, [a] whip-smart read. . . a fascinating story about loneliness, hope, tragedy and humanity. Honeyman's delivery is wickedly good, and Eleanor won't leave you anytime soon." --Associated Press

"Honeyman's endearing debut is part comic novel, part emotional thriller, and part love story. . . hilarious, deadpan, and irresistible." --Kirkus Reviews

"[A] captivating debut. . . This is a must-read for those who love characters with quirks." --BookPage

"If you thought Fredrik Backman's Ove was a charming curmudgeon, you'll instantly fall for Eleanor." --Hello Giggles

"The book is wonderfully, quirkily funny. You both ache for Eleanor. . . and laugh with her." --Seattle Times

"A touching, funny novel." --Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Debut author Honeyman expertly captures a woman whose inner pain is excruciating and whose face and heart are scarred, but who still holds the capacity to love and be loved. Eleanor's story will move readers." --Publishers Weekly

"Deft, compassionate and deeply moving--Honeyman's debut will have you rooting for Eleanor with every turning page. I loved this story." --Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling author of Love and Ruin

About the Author

Gail Honeyman is a graduate of the universities of Glasgow and Oxford. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine won the Costa First Novel Award and the British Book Awards Book of the Year, was short-listed for the Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize, the Desmond Elliot Award, and the Author's Club Best First Novel, and was long-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction. This is Honeyman's debut novel and she lives in Glasgow, Scotland.

About this edition

• ISBN 10: 0735220697
• ISBN 13: 9780735220690
• Binding: Paperback