Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Title: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Author: Gail Honeyman
Genre: fiction
Summary: (from Goodreads)
"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."

Rating: A new favorite!
Why I Like It: 
 I loved this book. You go along with Eleanor as she works through her struggles, grows in understanding herself, and grows in building healthy relationships. While at times it was hard to read, the humor throughout the book really helped. Also, throughout the book the love and care of people helping her really energized me in loving my neighbor.

A quote that captured what I liked about the book, "I smiled at her. Twice in one day, to be the recipient of thanks and warm regard! I would never have suspected that small deeds could elicit such genuine, generous responses. I felt a little glow inside-not a blaze, more like a small, steady candle."
The book in some ways reminded me of "The Rosie Project" and in some ways reminded me of "Language of Flowers". But really it was completely it's own wonderful book.
Other: It is going to be made into a movie
Reviewer: Brigette