Writing retreat
Floating on a raft or pontoon, what is a better way to spend an afternoon? Enjoying the beautiful waters of Lake Pleasant. Okay, maybe I wasn't exactly writing anything but I was certainly gaining inspiration.
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman by L. A. Keller
I haven't loved a book this much in longer than I can remember. I read every genre, except horror and nothing has kept me a prisoner of the page like Gail Honeyman's beautiful story of a woman lost in a world of regret, shame and abuse. This description sounds like the book is depressing but it's the opposite. The evolution of the character is heartwarming and you'll only be sad when the book is done. I don't want to give away the story so this review will be intentionally vague. When you first meet Eleanor your impression is one of a completely different person than the one who emerges as the story unfolds. Eleanor works in an office, the same job she's held for a long time but despite that she has no friends. Her co-workers snicker about her, she believes her boss hired her because he felt sorry for her and she has scars - some visible and others not. She lives by a strict set of self-imposed rules and to vary them causes her great stress. But one ...
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