Book description
Eleanor is the new girl in town, and she's never felt more alone. All
mismatched clothes, mad red hair and chaotic home life, she couldn't
stick out more if she tried.
Then she takes the seat on the bus next to Park. Quiet, careful and - in
Eleanor's eyes - impossibly cool, Park's worked out that flying under
the radar is the best way to get by.
Slowly, steadily, through late-night conversations and an ever-growing
stack of mix tapes, Eleanor and Park fall in love. They fall in love the
way you do the first time, when you're 16, and you have nothing and
everything to lose.
Set over the course of one school year in 1986, Eleanor & Park is
funny, sad, shocking and true - an exquisite nostalgia trip for anyone
who has never forgotten their first love. Rainbow Rowell is a
newspaper columnist in Omaha, Nebraska, where she lives with her husband
and two sons.
