Literary
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
An office worker in Glasgow lives by strict routines, speaks with blunt precision and sees nobody outside work. A small act of kindness from a colleague begins to pull her out of that tightly controlled life.
- First published
- 2017
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- medium
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like narrators who are funny without meaning to be, and recovery stories that take their time.
Skip this if you want to avoid a story built around childhood trauma and loneliness, even though it ends warmly.
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