Gail Honeyman, Author of ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE

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🗓️ 18 September 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Gail Honeyman, author of ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE, talks all about her New York Times best-selling debut novel. Gail discusses loneliness vs. solitude, manicurists vs. dog groomers, alcohol vs. household items, and who she'd want to star in the Reese Witherspoon-produced movie version!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books, the podcast that features conversations with writers of all types.
0:17.5	Today's episode of Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books has been sponsored by the Craft Studio.
0:21.6	With locations in New York City on the Upper East Side and in Tribeca, the craft studio is a perfect place to bring your kids for some crafting fun.
0:28.0	Craft Studio, NYC.com.
0:30.1	I'm thrilled to welcome Gail Honeyman.
0:32.2	Gail is the author of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, which is her debut novel.
0:36.5	The graduate of the universities
0:37.7	of Glasgow and Oxford.
0:39.2	She currently lives in Glasgow, Scotland.
0:41.2	Her book has sold to 30 territories worldwide, was a number one New York Times bestseller,
0:46.4	and has won many notable literary prizes, including the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize back
0:50.8	when it was still a work in progress.
0:52.8	So please join me in welcoming Gail Honeyman.
0:55.4	Thanks so much for coming on the show.
0:57.4	My time, so for any listeners out there who haven't read Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine,
1:03.6	which, by the way, I am obsessed with and I thought it was the best book ever. Can you just
1:08.5	give them a quick synopsis of what your book is about?
1:22.5	Sure. So Eleanor is, Ella Olson is not completely fine, spoiler alert. She is 29 years old.
1:32.5	She lives in Glasgow, in Scotland, and she has an apartment and a job, and she lives a very regimented life.
1:35.0	She likes her team.
1:37.7	She's quite a strange character.
1:39.4	She's quite a challenging character.
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