Chapters: Reading Now: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine May 13th at 7:15pm
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by
ISBN: 9780735220683Publication Date: 2017-05-09#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick "Beautifully written and incredibly funny, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is about the importance of friendship and human connection. I fell in love with Eleanor, an eccentric and regimented loner whose life beautifully unfolds after a chance encounter with a stranger; I think you will fall in love, too!" --Reese Witherspoon No one's ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. 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 and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond's big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the smart, warm, and uplifting 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.
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About the Author
Born and raised in Stirling, Scotland, Gail’s love for reading began early, with countless trips to the local library. She pursued French language and literature at Glasgow University and even started a postgraduate course in French poetry at the University of Oxford. However, realizing that academia wasn’t her true calling, Gail embarked on various “backroom jobs,” including roles as a civil servant and university administrator.
Gail’s passion for storytelling led her to enroll in a Faber Academy writing course while working at Glasgow University. There, she penned the first three chapters of what would become Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. Motivated by a competition for unpublished fiction by female writers, she submitted her work, and the rest is history.
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is a touching story that delves into themes of loneliness and personal growth. Gail has shared that while Eleanor isn’t based on her life, the emotions of loneliness are universally relatable.
Currently, Gail is working on an exciting new novel set in a different period and location, promising to deliver another captivating read.