![]() ![]() ![]() Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane In this novel, a young lonely journalist and an older bereaved widow team up alongside their entire community to save their local outdoor swimming pool. ![]() This is the first book I recommend at East City Bookshop when people say they like Eleanor Oliphant or they want “a book where people are lovely to each other”. 6 Books Like Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Mornings With Rosemary (UK title: The Lido) by Libby Page ![]() (Often, also, a cat!) And, as a bonus, only of them is American, and three of them are translations – that’s surely got to be worth a few points on your 2020 reading challenge. Below are six recommendations for books that feature either that theme or a similar character, and often both. A core theme of the book is the transformative power of friendship, particularly unexpected friendship. In these dark times, books like those are much needed.Įleanor is a quirky loner of a character, and very endearing to read about. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine was a huge success in the UK, and it was an early frontrunner of what the British publishing industry has come to know as “up lit” – defined by The Guardian as “ the new book trend with kindness at its core“. ![]()
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