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Pennie Clark
Ianniciello
Buyer, Books
Here’s to quirky
leading characters!
From movies to TV
to, especially, books,
these outside-of-the-norm people help us
recognize our own
di;culties dealing
with life’s challenges.
After living
in self-imposed
seclusion, Eleanor
Oliphant meets her
company’s IT guy.
Together they help
a man who has fallen,
and from there the
three find friendship
and a way out of their
lonely lives.
What I like most
about quirky characters is that they help
show the need for
connection we all
share. Eleanor is
no exception.
Eleanor Oliphant
Is Completely Fine
(Item #1249419; early
June) is available
in most Costco
warehouses.
SIGNED BOOK GIVEAWAY
Costco has 50 copies of Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor
Oliphant Is Completely Fine with signed bookplates
to give away. To enter or to see a full set of rules,
along with details and restrictions, go to costcocon
nectionbookgiveaway.com.
No purchase or payment necessary.
Open to legal residents of the 50 United States or D.C. who are
at least 18 years old (or the age of majority in their jurisdiction of
residence, whichever is older) at the time of entry. Void where
prohibited. “Sweepstakes Period” is from 12:00:01 am P T on June
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including name, address and email). Limit one entry per household.
Fifty winners will be selected by random drawing on or about
August 1, 2018, and notified via mail. Each winner will get one
signed copy of Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely
Fine (Approximate Retail Value $16 each). Total ARV of all prizes:
$800. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries.
Sweepstakes subject to O;cial Rules. Sponsor: Costco
Wholesale Corporation, 1045 Lake Drive, Issaquah, WA 98027.
npublished writers often work away for
years, drafting book after book until a
publisher bites. Gail Honeyman’s experience was the complete opposite.
Publishers fought over her debut novel, Eleanor
Oliphant Is Completely Fine, which has sold more
than ;;;,;;; copies in the U.S. and has been
translated into more than ;; languages. It is also
long-listed for the UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction
(the winner will be announced on June ;), and the
movie rights have been sold to actress and producer
Reese Witherspoon’s production company.
Eleanor Oliphant is a ;;-year-old woman who is
living a simple yet lonely life when an act of kindness
ends up changing her world. She must learn how to
navigate a new reality while also facing her past.
The book developed more out of a love of writing
than a quest for success. Honeyman, ;;, had always
enjoyed writing as a child but put her hobby to the
side as she completed her studies and began her
career. In the back of her mind, she hoped that one
day she would write a novel.
Around the time she turned ;;, while working at
the University of Glasgow in postgraduate administration, she decided that it was time to stop putting
it off. She wrote short fiction as a first step back into
UUnplanned
success
Gail Honeyman is
completely fine
by RACHEL STAFLER
Gail Honeyman
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