Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine : a novel
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New York, New York Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, [2017].
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0735220689, 9780735220683 (hardback)
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327 pages ; 24 cm
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Published
New York, New York Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, [2017].
Language
English
ISBN
0735220689, 9780735220683 (hardback)

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""Move over, Ove (in Fredrik Backman's A Man Called Ove)--there's a new curmudgeon to love." --Booklist (starred review). "Eleanor Oliphant is a truly original literary creation: funny, touching, and unpredictable. Her journey out of dark shadows is absolutely gripping."--Jojo Moyes, #1New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You. "Deft, compassionate and deeply moving -- Honeyman's debut will have you rooting for Eleanor with every turning page." -- Paula McClain, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife and Circling the Sun. 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. Smart, warm, uplifting, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the 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"--,Provided by publisher.
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"Smart, warm, uplifting, the 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 her heart. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. That, combined with her unusual appearance (scarred cheek, tendency to wear the same clothes year in, year out), means that Eleanor has become a creature of habit (to say the least) and a bit of a loner. 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 kind of friends who rescue each other 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"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Honeyman, G. (2017). Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine: a novel . Pamela Dorman Books/Viking.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Honeyman, Gail. 2017. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel. Pamela Dorman Books/Viking.

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Honeyman, Gail. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2017.

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Honeyman, Gail. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2017.

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