
The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr
Synopsis
Elvira Carr is a quirky heroine struggling to find her way in a world that doesn't quite understand her. Frances Maynard's heart-warming and triumphant debut, The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr, is a story for anyone who doesn't quite fit in – and for everyone who chooses not to.
Elvira Carr is twenty-seven, neuro-atypical, and has never lived alone. But her father – who she suspects was in the secret service – is dead, and when her mother has a stroke and is taken into care, Elvira suddenly finds herself home alone. In order to cope, Elvira – who knows a lot about biscuits and supermarkets, but not much about life – develops Seven Rules for interacting with others. Not even her rules can help her, however, when she's faced with solving a mystery she didn't know existed . . .
Wonderful, big-hearted and charming, this uplifting coming-of-age tale will appeal to fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.
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Absolutely fantasticRosie Walsh, author of The Man Who Didn't Call
Funny and heart-warming, Elvira is our new heroThe Sun, Fabulous magazine
Big-hearted and charming . . . Elvira manages to conjure up the one thing we could all do with: a cheat sheet for the painful puzzle of everyday lifeJames Hannah, author of The A to Z of You and Me
Charming . . . Ellie will make readers smile and occasionally want to take her under a protective armBooklist