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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.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 16 Nov 202102:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

ReaderTracy Wiles
AuthorGail Honeyman
AbridgerRichard Hamilton
ProducerJustine Willett

Broadcasts

  • Mon 11 Dec 201722:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 8 Jul 201914:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 9 Jul 201902:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 15 Nov 202114:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 16 Nov 202102:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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