Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman: Episode 1: 1. Sole Survivor

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Episode 1: 1. Sole Survivor

1. Sole Survivor

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Eleanor's simple, completely fine life is about to change.

Eleanor's simple, completely fine life is set to change. Tale of loneliness, loss and possibility of change. Read by Tracy Wiles.

Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. 

She wears the same clothes each day, eats the same lunch at work, and buys two bottles of vodka to drink each weekend. She is fine, completely fine. 

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

Gail Honeyman's heartwarming and heartbreaking debut novel.

Read by Tracy Wiles.

Eleanor thinks she's found love, in the shape of local singer Johnnie Lomond. But some appearance-related improvements are needed urgently...

Abridged in ten parts by Richard Hamilton.

Producer: Justine Willett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017.

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