Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
A woman with a carefully ordered life starts to change when a colleague shows kindness
A carefully ordered life in Glasgow
Gail Honeyman's debut novel follows Eleanor Oliphant, who lives in Glasgow and keeps to a strict routine. Her life starts to open up when she and a colleague, Raymond, from the IT department, help an elderly man who has fallen in the street. The novel is funny and moving, and it is about friendship and kindness.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who enjoy literary fiction that puts character and language first.
More about this book
Who
Eleanor Oliphant, an office worker in Glasgow, and her colleague Raymond.
World
Glasgow, in workplaces and flats.
What makes it different
Eleanor tells her own story in a dry, precise voice.
Feel
Warm and funny, with a serious heart.
Facts
Genre
Literary Fiction · Loneliness · Friendship · Glasgow
Length
352 pages · ≈ 10 h
About the author
Gail Honeyman1 book on Tori BooksGail Honeyman is a Scottish author. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is her debut novel.Also in the collection: Best Feel-Good Books for Women
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The Thursday Murder Club
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
The Rosie Project
Bridget Jones’s Diary
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Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Mrs. ’Arris Goes to Paris
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