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Eleanor: A Novel
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When a terrible accident claims the life of Eleanor’s twin, her family is left in tatters, and her reality begins to unravel, dropping her in and out of unfamiliar worlds. When she returns to her own time and place, hours and days have flown by without her. One fateful day, Eleanor leaps from a cliff...and vanishes. In a strange in-between place, she meets a mysterious stranger who understands the weight of her family history: Eleanor’s twin wasn’t the only tragic loss. And unless Eleanor can master her strange new abilities, she may not be the last.
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Street Date:
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Jason Gurley. (2016). Eleanor: A Novel. Crown.

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Jason Gurley. 2016. Eleanor: A Novel. Crown.

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Jason Gurley, Eleanor: A Novel. Crown, 2016.

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Jason Gurley. Eleanor: A Novel. Crown, 2016.

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      • source: Ernie Lindsey, bestselling author of Skynoise
      • content: "Eleanor is deep -- a really poignant, moving story that will surprise you with how smart it is. The novel turns a traditional tragic narrative on its head with compelling elements of science fiction and fantasy. It's a touching story that sneaks up on you, working on multiple levels that pay off in a series of emotional uppercuts in the final pages. Read it and weep." --Daniel H. Wilson, bestselling author of Robopocalypse "Jason Gurley will be a household name one day." --Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of Wool "A virtuoso performance... Eleanor might just be the book of the year." --Russell Blake, bestselling author of Jet "Reminiscent of Neil Gaiman... enchanting, magical and powerful."
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      • source: Elizabeth Collison, author of Some Other Town
      • content: "Jason Gurley's Eleanor is an ambitious book of many wonders, an intricately crafted saga spanning three generations, by turns otherworldly and heartbreakingly true."
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      • source: Ted Kosmatka, author of Prophet of Bones
      • content: "Haunting...if you likedThe Ocean at the End of the Lane, you'll love Eleanor." --Peter Cawdron, author of Feedback "Jason Gurley is the kind of storyteller that makes you excited to sit down and spend a day reading."
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        Originally self-published, Gurley's literary fantasy opens with a cryptic scene of a pregnant woman, who later is revealed as Eleanor's Grandmother (as she is named), swimming in the Pacific Ocean in 1967 and not returning. The narrative then jumps to 1985, when we experience the visceral tragedy of the car crash that claims the life of Eleanor's identical twin, Esmerelda, when they are both children. A story of loss unfolds until eight years later, when Eleanor is struggling with her plight as caretaker for her alcoholic, clinically depressed mother. Then the book takes a major turn into the phantasmagorical as Eleanor is repeatedly pulled into an alternate dimension, reappearing days and even years later. This dimension is inhabited by the spirit of her dead sister and other fantastic characters, and the conclusion revolves around a highly abstract mending of the "broken" past. VERDICT Though this title has some intriguing moments, its divergent nature creates a challenging story line, and the creation of a "do-over" to fix a troubled past is both immediately attractive and ontologically facetious. Recommended for readers with a high tolerance for fantasy. [See Prepub Alert, 7/27/15.]--Henry Bankhead, San Rafael P.L., CA

        Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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        August 1, 2015

        A self-published ebook that sold 10,000 copies and inspired hundreds of reviews on various bookish websites before being grabbed by a big house, this literary fantasy opens with Eleanor losing her identical twin in an awful accident. Her mother drowns her grief in drink, her father walks out, and by the time she's a teenager, strange things are happening to Eleanor. Then a leap from a cliff lands her in another world altogether, where the mysterious Mea helps her find a way to save her shattered family. With a 75,000-copy first printing.

        Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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