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  • Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

  • By: Gail Honeyman
  • Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
  • Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (6,751 ratings)

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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

By: Gail Honeyman
Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
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Publisher's Summary

The Sunday Times bestseller

Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon

Eleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive – but not how to live

AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award Winner.

Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple 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.

Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, sometimes, everything.

One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. 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.

Change can be good. Change can be bad. But surely any change is better than… fine?

©2017 Gail Honeyman; Extract of The Lonely City (2016) by Olivia Laing reproduced by permission from Canongate Books Ltd. (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"A truly original literary creation: funny, touching and unpredictable. Her journey out of the shadows is expertly woven and absolutely gripping." (Jojo Moyes)
"Deft, compassionate and moving." (Paula McLain)
"I adored it. Skilled, perceptive, Eleanor's world will feel familiar to you from the very first page. An outstanding debut!" (Joanna Cannon)

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Enjoyable characters

A nice listen with good characters and an interesting storyline - you kind of figure out where it is going pretty early on but still enjoyable - could imagine it as a TV series actually.

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Totally Original and Enthralling.

Sad, funny, original with characters that haunt you long after the end of the book. The reader was also superbly understated allowing the book to flow beautifully. Will listen and read this again soon.

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great story

great, interesting read. actually wasn't sure at first if it was my thing, but was soon drawn in & understood the high reviews. not just a great story, but does make you think about perceptions & assumptions we make about others. very good performance also. highly recommend

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You should read this!!

Wonderful book, loved every minute of it. Only thing I can fault is that it ended.

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Couldn't turn it off!

Amazingly insightful and brilliantly narrated! Will listen again and again. There is a little bit of Eleanor in everyone.

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Couldn't stop listening

Very easy to listen, but captivating. One of those books that you're sad to finish. Highly recommend!

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exceptional

loved this book, sad, funny and beautiful. felt so connected to Eleanor who through frienship and love refound her place in the world.

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Enjoyable

Took a bit of getting used to the narrators accent but once I got into it it was a great book. Had a bit of a Bridget Jones vibe to it. Enjoyed the characters and the story as a whole.

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Wonderful book!

Absolutley hilarious at times, wonderful book about healing power of love and friendship. Narrator did an excellent job. Love this book!

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A must read - Gail Honeyman is a literary genius!

An outstanding piece of thoughtfully crafted literature which rocks you to your core. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Eleanor Oliphant - It had an incredible ending and storyline - and I would highly recommend it.

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