Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (742 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XYT9CXZ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 204 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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No one's ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Smart, warm, uplifting, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes The only way to survive is to open your heart. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. . But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling
A Stunning First Novel Bogopea There has been a wonderful glut recently of captivating book titles featuring quirky characters (A MAN CALLED OVE, THE CURIOUS CHARM OF ARTHUR PEPPER, LILLIAN BOXFISH TAKES A WALK, BRITT MARIE WAS HERE), a lot of which are of a similar genre that I love. Now I can add Eleanor Oliphant to that list. Her name got my attention first but the story proved addictive. A 30 year old woman who faced terrible adversities up until her university graduation. She found a job and regulated her . Mary Ward said You will fall in love with Miss Oliphant. Eleanor Oliphant is one of the most interesting characters that I have read in a while. She is blunt. Very blunt. She lacks social skills and tends to spout off facts to people just having conversations. She likes her routine. Every Friday, stop and buy pizza and vodka. And every Wednesday, she talks to her mother. Those are never very good for Eleanor. Her mother is mean and angry and leaves her feeling less than. Something happened to Eleanor when she was a child. Something that. Well worth the read! Well worth the read! Cindy B. (ThoughtsFromAPage) 4.5 starsI loved this book and highly recommend it. While Eleanor’s character is reminiscent of Ove from A Man Called Ove, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine contains much grimmer undertones which I had not expected. When the book opens, Eleanor is a loner who goes to work and comes homes and rarely interacts with humans outside rare conversations with her office mates. Brought up in the foster care system after a tragic accident when she was ten, Eleanor has never had anyo. .5 starsI loved this book and highly recommend it. While Eleanor’s character is reminiscent of Ove from A Man Called Ove, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine contains much grimmer undertones which I had not expected. When the book opens, Eleanor is a loner who goes to work and comes homes and rarely interacts with humans outside rare conversations with her office mates. Brought up in the foster care system after a tragic accident when she was ten, Eleanor has never had anyo