--- product_id: 76023259 title: "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: Debut Sunday Times Bestseller and Costa First Novel Book Award winner" price: "12596CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/76023259-eleanor-oliphant-is-completely-fine-debut-sunday-times-bestseller-costa store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # Ideal for gifting with proper binding Costa First Novel Award Winner Debut Sunday Times Bestseller Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: Debut Sunday Times Bestseller and Costa First Novel Book Award winner **Price:** 12596CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📖 Unlock the story everyone’s talking about — don’t miss out on Eleanor’s unforgettable journey! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: Debut Sunday Times Bestseller and Costa First Novel Book Award winner - **How much does it cost?** 12596CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/76023259-eleanor-oliphant-is-completely-fine-debut-sunday-times-bestseller-costa) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Bestseller Status:** Join over 249,000 readers who rated it 4.5 stars and counting. - • **Award-Winning Debut:** Experience the critically acclaimed novel that captured hearts worldwide. - • **Conversation Starter:** A must-read that sparks empathy and meaningful discussions on mental health. - • **Perfect Gift-Ready Edition:** Beautifully bound and ready to impress your book-loving friends. - • **Deeply Relatable Protagonist:** Explore Eleanor’s unique journey through loneliness, humor, and hope. ## Overview Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is a debut novel by Gail Honeyman, celebrated as a Sunday Times Bestseller and winner of the Costa First Novel Award. This contemporary fiction bestseller, highly rated by over 249,000 readers, follows the socially awkward yet fiercely independent Eleanor as she navigates loneliness, trauma, and the transformative power of kindness. Presented in a gift-ready edition with proper binding, this book blends humor and emotional depth, making it a compelling read for anyone seeking a profound and memorable story. ## Description ‘Funny, touching and unpredictable’ Jojo Moyes Eleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive – but not how to live Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend. Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, sometimes, everything. One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Now she must learn how to navigate the world that everyone else seems to take for granted – while searching for the courage to face the dark corners she’s avoided all her life. Change can be good. Change can be bad. But surely any change is better than fine? Review: The Loneliness Beneath 'I'm Fine' - Some books tell a story and others quietly reach into places you didn’t expect them to touch. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine belongs firmly in the latter category. Very much my kind of novel, it joins a growing list of favourites centred on eccentric, lonely characters trying to find a place for themselves in a world that often feels indifferent. Eleanor is thirty years old-socially awkward, painfully literal and fiercely independent. She lives alone in Glasgow, works as a bookkeeper, spends her weekends with frozen pizza and vodka and insists she is completely fine. The tragedy and brilliance of the novel lies in the slow realisation that she is anything but. Gail Honeyman has created an unforgettable protagonist. Eleanor’s observations are often unintentionally funny, not because she is trying to be humorous but because she sees the world through an entirely singular lens. Beneath this humour, however, lies profound loneliness, emotional pain and a traumatic past that is revealed with remarkable restraint. As her carefully controlled world begins to widen through a series of chance encounters-especially her growing friendship with the warm hearted Raymond-she slowly begins to experience what genuine human connection feels like. What moved me most was the novel’s understanding of loneliness: not as something dramatic, but as a quiet, persistent ache. Honeyman explores depression, addiction, trauma and mental health with great compassion, never reducing Eleanor to her struggles. At its heart, the story is not about romantic salvation but about friendship, kindness and the simple power of being present for someone. Eleanor’s journey is both heartbreaking and hopeful, exposing the quiet fears that often sit beneath ordinary lives. Her longing to be seen, valued and understood speaks to a deeply human vulnerability that many of us struggle to articulate. A beautifully written debut with a memorable protagonist, this is a touching and unforgettable novel that I know I will return to again. If you haven’t read it already, I highly recommend that you do pick it. Review: Engaging heartfelt must read! - An outstanding debut by Gail Honeyman. There is something about this book which makes you feel deeply. It’s an easy, touching and engaging read. Eleanor Oliphant, a 30-year female is a survivor. She works in an office, follows a set routine for weekdays and weekend too. Monday to Friday she is on time for her work, has lunch alone and reads the newspaper and solves crosswords. Friday’s she buys Margherita pizza, wine and vodka. The booze spreads through the weekend so that she is neither drunk nor sober. She is well-read and well mannered but doesn’t seem to fit in this society. She is lonely in this world and many situations expressed by the author from her viewpoint moves you deeply. Like she doesn’t speak from the point at which she says her destination to the bus driver on Friday night, right through until she greets his colleague on Monday morning. We are busy with our lives that we don’t realize that such people do exist. We may think, but such people do indeed exist. She thoroughly researches all activities before pursuing them. She is neither close to someone nor she hangs out socially. The author has wonderfully described her first experiences of many things like bikini wax, manicure, fast food restaurant, getting shampooed, dancing etc. Her relationship with Raymond (nothing romantic here) has been beautifully described. Eleanor meets new people and feels the warmth around them. It’s overwhelming but pleasant for her. As she doesn’t hang around with people she is completely natural (not diplomatic), sometimes weird and deadly honest. Her thoughts are sometimes humorous and sometimes silly. She thinks Bobbi Brown is a female, who works at the store. It’s moving how things that are considered normal doesn’t cross someone’s mind e.g. job change, moving to another city, etc. Eleanor had never walked hand in hand with someone; no one had ever rubbed her tired shoulders or stroked her face. There are times when she felt she would die of loneliness. A paragraph I would like to quote, “ These days, loneliness is the new cancer – a shameful, embarrassing thing, brought upon yourself in some obscure way. A fearful, incurable thing, so horrifying that you dare not mention it; other people don’t want to hear the word spoken aloud for fear that they might too be afflicted, or that it might tempt fate into visiting a similar horror upon them.” Read this page-turning book to find out more about Eleanor and life from an angle of a person who is in loneliness. For me this book is unforgettable, unmissable, powerful, deeply moving with perfect combination of humor and sadness. I would rate this book 4.5/5. Happy reading! ## Features - Ideal for Gifting - Condition : Good - Comes with Proper Binding ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #865 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #61 in Contemporary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 249,319 Reviews | ## Images ![Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: Debut Sunday Times Bestseller and Costa First Novel Book Award winner - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81E7ljkakxL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Loneliness Beneath 'I'm Fine' *by I***S on 24 June 2026* Some books tell a story and others quietly reach into places you didn’t expect them to touch. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine belongs firmly in the latter category. Very much my kind of novel, it joins a growing list of favourites centred on eccentric, lonely characters trying to find a place for themselves in a world that often feels indifferent. Eleanor is thirty years old-socially awkward, painfully literal and fiercely independent. She lives alone in Glasgow, works as a bookkeeper, spends her weekends with frozen pizza and vodka and insists she is completely fine. The tragedy and brilliance of the novel lies in the slow realisation that she is anything but. Gail Honeyman has created an unforgettable protagonist. Eleanor’s observations are often unintentionally funny, not because she is trying to be humorous but because she sees the world through an entirely singular lens. Beneath this humour, however, lies profound loneliness, emotional pain and a traumatic past that is revealed with remarkable restraint. As her carefully controlled world begins to widen through a series of chance encounters-especially her growing friendship with the warm hearted Raymond-she slowly begins to experience what genuine human connection feels like. What moved me most was the novel’s understanding of loneliness: not as something dramatic, but as a quiet, persistent ache. Honeyman explores depression, addiction, trauma and mental health with great compassion, never reducing Eleanor to her struggles. At its heart, the story is not about romantic salvation but about friendship, kindness and the simple power of being present for someone. Eleanor’s journey is both heartbreaking and hopeful, exposing the quiet fears that often sit beneath ordinary lives. Her longing to be seen, valued and understood speaks to a deeply human vulnerability that many of us struggle to articulate. A beautifully written debut with a memorable protagonist, this is a touching and unforgettable novel that I know I will return to again. If you haven’t read it already, I highly recommend that you do pick it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Engaging heartfelt must read! *by S***K on 19 April 2020* An outstanding debut by Gail Honeyman. There is something about this book which makes you feel deeply. It’s an easy, touching and engaging read. Eleanor Oliphant, a 30-year female is a survivor. She works in an office, follows a set routine for weekdays and weekend too. Monday to Friday she is on time for her work, has lunch alone and reads the newspaper and solves crosswords. Friday’s she buys Margherita pizza, wine and vodka. The booze spreads through the weekend so that she is neither drunk nor sober. She is well-read and well mannered but doesn’t seem to fit in this society. She is lonely in this world and many situations expressed by the author from her viewpoint moves you deeply. Like she doesn’t speak from the point at which she says her destination to the bus driver on Friday night, right through until she greets his colleague on Monday morning. We are busy with our lives that we don’t realize that such people do exist. We may think, but such people do indeed exist. She thoroughly researches all activities before pursuing them. She is neither close to someone nor she hangs out socially. The author has wonderfully described her first experiences of many things like bikini wax, manicure, fast food restaurant, getting shampooed, dancing etc. Her relationship with Raymond (nothing romantic here) has been beautifully described. Eleanor meets new people and feels the warmth around them. It’s overwhelming but pleasant for her. As she doesn’t hang around with people she is completely natural (not diplomatic), sometimes weird and deadly honest. Her thoughts are sometimes humorous and sometimes silly. She thinks Bobbi Brown is a female, who works at the store. It’s moving how things that are considered normal doesn’t cross someone’s mind e.g. job change, moving to another city, etc. Eleanor had never walked hand in hand with someone; no one had ever rubbed her tired shoulders or stroked her face. There are times when she felt she would die of loneliness. A paragraph I would like to quote, “ These days, loneliness is the new cancer – a shameful, embarrassing thing, brought upon yourself in some obscure way. A fearful, incurable thing, so horrifying that you dare not mention it; other people don’t want to hear the word spoken aloud for fear that they might too be afflicted, or that it might tempt fate into visiting a similar horror upon them.” Read this page-turning book to find out more about Eleanor and life from an angle of a person who is in loneliness. For me this book is unforgettable, unmissable, powerful, deeply moving with perfect combination of humor and sadness. I would rate this book 4.5/5. Happy reading! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Heartfelt Story with Humour and a Twist *by B***E on 6 December 2025* beautifully written read with unexpected layers. Eleanor’s dry, quirky humour keeps you smiling throughout, and just when you settle into her routine, the story takes a twist you truly don’t see coming. A touching mix of wit, warmth and surprise — absolutely worth reading. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sn/products/76023259-eleanor-oliphant-is-completely-fine-debut-sunday-times-bestseller-costa](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/76023259-eleanor-oliphant-is-completely-fine-debut-sunday-times-bestseller-costa) --- *Product available on Desertcart Senegal* *Store origin: SN* *Last updated: 2026-08-01*