Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Eleanor is a loner, Eleanor is out of touch and Eleanor always speaks her mind. Because of this, Eleanor is lonely and longing for that human connection she has long been deprived of. She was traumatized as a young girl and still must deal with phone calls to a depraved beast of a mother. But things begin to change after she and a co-worker help an elderly man who has collapsed. With Raymond's guidance at work as well as Sammy and family befriending her, Eleanor starts to think about the future. When you look past her sharp retorts and awkward social skills you see a fragile lovely woman who very much wants everything life can throw at her. Her story works in Eleanor's Glasgow, New York or Beijing because Eleanor speaks to all of us.