He had never thought she was beautiful. He thought she was a work of art, and art wasn't supposed to be beautiful, art was supposed to make you feel. When Eleanor sat next to him on the couch, he felt as if someone had opened a window in the middle of the room. As if someone had replaced all the air in the room with new, improved air (now with double the freshness). He felt like something was happening when he was with Eleanor. Even though they were just sitting on the couch.

A story about two special people who are bright enough to realize that first love almost never survives, but still brave enough and daring enough to try to be together. A novel full of music and the bright and dark sides of life and love, in which almost every one of us will recognize ourselves.

American author Rainbow Rowell (1973) was nominated for numerous awards for her debut novel Eleanor in Park, which won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in 2013. (based on Bukla)

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