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| Author | Gail Honeyman |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 978-0-00-817214-5 |
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the 2017 debut novel of Gail Honeyman, and the winner of the 2018 Costa Debut Novel Award.
The story of a young office-worker in Glasgow with a scarred face and a troubled history who learns to overcome her habitually solitary lifestyle, the book has been praised by critics. Jenny Colgan, reviewing the book for The Guardian, described it as a "a narrative full of quiet warmth and deep and unspoken sadness" with a "wonderful, joyful" ultimate message. Allan Massie of The Scotsman noted the book's unusual emphasis on "the importance of kindness", and found it to be reminiscent of a Jane Austen novel in its depiction of the "moral education of her heroine" and "an uncommonly intelligent and sympathetic novel" Sarah Gilmartin of The Irish Times called the title character "one of the most unusual and thought-provoking heroines of recent contemporary fiction."
In May 2017 the film rights were optioned by Reese Witherspoon's company Hello Sunshine.
References
- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman review – ‘only the lonely’, The Guardian, 4 May 2017
- Helen Dunmore wins posthumous Costa poetry prize, BBC News Online, 2 January 2018
- Ilona Amos, "Scottish Author 'Stunned' after Scooping Prestigious Costa Prize for Debut Novel", The Scotsman, 3 January 2018.
- Jenny Colgan, "Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman review – ‘only the lonely’, The Guardian, 4 May 2017.
- Allan Massie, "Book review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman", The Scotsman, 6 June 2017.
- Sarah Gilmartin, "An Inventive Story in a Lonesome Voice", 22 July 2017.
- "Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Sets Two Novels For Screen", Deadline Hollywood, 11 May 2017.