The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr

''Big-hearted and charming.'' - James Hannah, author of The A to Z of You and Me Funny, heartwarming and ultimately triumphant, The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr by Frances Maynard is the perfect story for anyone who doesn''t quite fit in - and for everyone who chooses not to. Elvira Carr is twenty-seven and neuro-atypical. Her father - who she suspects was in the secret service - has passed away and, after several Unfortunate Incidents growing up, she now spends most of her time at home with her overbearing mother. But when her mother has a stroke and is taken into care, Elvira is suddenly forced to look after herself or risk ending up in Sheltered Accommodation. Armed with her Seven Rules, which she puts together after online research, Elvira hopes to learn how to navigate a world that''s full of people she doesn''t understand. Not even the Seven Rules can help her, however, when she discovers that everything she thought she knew about her father was a lie, and is faced with solving a mystery she didn''t even know existed . . .

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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 life James Hannah, author of The A to Z of You and Me

Product details

• Authors: Frances Maynard
• Publisher: Mantle
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2017
• EAN: 9781509842124
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-4212-4
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Humorous / Black Humor, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Autism Spectrum Disorders, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Humorous fiction, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Relating to people on the autism spectrum, Modern and contemporary fiction, Coping with illness and specific health conditions, FICTION / Disabilities & Special Needs, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary