An astonishing story that powerfully depicts the loneliness of life, and the simple power of a little kindness. But surely any change is better than just fine. Now she must learn how to navigate the world that everyone else seems to take for granted while searching for the courage to face the dark corners she's avoided all her life.Ĭhange can be good. One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend.Įleanor Oliphant is happy. Eleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive but not how to live. The title Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is declarative enough to give rise to a silent question, one that becomes vexing within the first few pages of the book: Is Eleanor fine Eleanor, at least for the majority of the story, is convinced that, yes, she is. But we are given a throwaway line just for the sake of a little shock value, which might work well in a 90. Rather than being dead, ‘Mummy’ could have just existed in prison like we always thought she was, and that would have blended just fine with the narrative. Winner of the Costa First Novel Award for 2018 and longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction for 2018.Īnd soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon. What’s worse, is the twist in Eleanor Oliphant was entirely unnecessary.
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