Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
debut sunday times bestseller and costa first novel book award winner 2017
$20.01
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
18 March 2018
Summary
Eleanor Oliphant: Breaking Free from “Fine”
The Sunday Times bestseller
Eleanor Oliphant has learned to survive, but not to truly live. Her life is a carefully constructed routine: the same clothes, the same lunch, the same weekend ritual with two bottles of vodka. Eleanor insists she’s happy, that nothing is missing. But sometimes, she feels like everything is.
A simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008172145 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0008172145 |
| Author: | Gail Honeyman |
| Publisher: | Harpercollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 18 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
- ‘A truly original literary creation: funny, touching and unpredictable. Her journey out of the shadows is expertly woven and absolutely gripping’ Jojo Moyes
- ‘Original [and] unexpectedly funny’ SUNDAY TIMES
- ‘As perceptive and wise as it is funny and endearing… Warm, funny and thought-provoking’ OBSERVER
- ‘A narrative full of quiet warmth and deep and unspoken sadness… Wonderful and joyful’ Jenny Colgan, GUARDIAN
- ‘Unforgettable, brilliant, funny and life-affirming’ Wendy Holden, DAILY MAIL
- ‘A truly original voice and so good on loneliness: I sobbed and sobbed’ Cathy Rentzenbrink
- ‘An outstanding debut about loneliness and the power of a little kindness’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
- ‘So powerful - I completely loved Eleanor Oliphant’ Fiona Barton
- ‘An absolute joy, laugh-out-loud funny but deeply moving’ DAILY EXPRESS
- ‘Heartbreaking’ Bryony Gordon
- ‘Deft, compassionate and moving’ Paula McLain
- ‘Heartwrenching and wonderful’ Nina Stibbe
- ‘Heartbreaking and heartwarming’ STYLIST
- ‘Brave, smart and funny… the most refreshing and heartwarming debut I’ve read in some time’ YORKSHIRE POST
- ‘Moving, funny and devastating’ THE HERALD
- ‘Quirky, witty and absorbing’ HEAT
- ‘Warm and funny, moving and deeply original, Eleanor Oliphant is completely marvellous’ Gavin Extence
- ‘A beautiful and delicate balance between funny and heartbreaking… restores your faith in humanity’ RED
- ‘You’ll laugh and cry reading this fine debut’ PRIMA
- ‘Impeccable’ Dawn O’Porter
- ‘Delightful, dark and moving’ Sarah Pinborough
- ‘Warm, quirky and fun, with a real poignancy underneath’ Julie Cohen
- ‘A stunning debut! I laughed, wept and reflected’ Lucy Clarke
- ‘Satisfyingly quirky’ NEW YORK TIMES*
About The Author
Gail Honeyman
Gail Honeyman’s debut novel, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, won the Costa First Novel Award 2017.
As a work in progress, it was shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. Since publication, translation rights have sold to over thirty territories worldwide, Reese Witherspoon has optioned it for film and it was chosen as one of the Observer’s Debuts of the Year for 2017. Gail was also awarded the Scottish Book Trust’s Next Chapter Award in 2014, and has been longlisted for BBC Radio 4’s Opening Lines and shortlisted for the Bridport Prize.
Gail lives in Glasgow.
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