Jacket Copy: Eleanor Rigby is the story of Liz, a self-described drab, overweight, crabby, and friendless middle-aged woman, and her unlikely reunion with the charming and strange son she gave up for adoption. His arrival changes everything, and sets in motion a rapid-fire plot with all the twists and turns we expect of Coupland. By turns funny and heartbreaking, Eleanor Rigby is a fast-paced read and a haunting exploration of the ways in which loneliness affects us all.
My Thoughts: The thing that's stuck out to me as a pattern as I read more and more Douglas Coupland is that he likes to explore that loneliness that overtakes you when you grow up and leave "home"--that struggle to ever really find a place that you can call home and people you can call family again. He writes about how finding other people in a similar situation and bonding with them over trivialities of pop culture and the ironies and tragedies of modern life (dysfunctional families, one night stands, etc.) can be the best way to feel less alone.
Similar to: Don DeLillo's White Noise
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