![]() ![]() And when she and her coworker Raymond find themselves taking an injured old man to the hospital, she finds herself drawn into a strange new world of friendship and emotional intimacy that she never expected. Socially awkward in the extreme, she isolates herself from her coworkers and everyone around her, saving nearly all human contact for intermittent phone conversations with her casually cruel mother, who’s been in jail for nearly all of Eleanor’s life.īut when Eleanor develops a short-lived crush on musician Johnnie Lomond, utterly convinced that they will inevitably fall in love, she thinks she’s found a new lease on life. ![]() ![]() Holding back tears while finishing Gail Honeyman’s astounding debut novel, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine - and in a restaurant no less - I knew I had to talk with the author.Įleanor Oliphant is, as the title states, completely fine - she’s gainfully employed and has all the creature comforts she could want. ![]()
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