"Funny, hopeful, foulmouthed, sexy, and tear-jerking, this winning romance will captivate teen and adult readers alike." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Rowell keeps things surprising, and the solution maintains the novel's delicate balance of light and dark." --
Publishers Weekly (starred review) "The pure, fear-laced, yet steadily maturing relationship Eleanor and Park develop is urgent and breathtaking and, of course, heartbreaking, too." --
Booklist (starred review) "An honest, heart-wrenching portrayal of imperfect but unforgettable love." --
The Horn Book (winner of The Horn Book Award for fiction) "Rowell's humor, tenderness, and sense of detail are extraordinary." --Curtis Sittenfeld for
The New Yorker "
Eleanor & Park is a breathless, achingly good read about love and outsiders." --Stephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Anna and the French Kiss and Lola and the Boy Next Door
"Sweet, gritty, and affecting . . . Rainbow Rowell has written an unforgettable story about two misfits in love. This debut will find its way into your heart and stay there." --Courtney Summers, author of This Is Not a Test and Cracked Up to Be
"In her rare and surprising exploration of young misfit love, Rowell shows us the beauty in the broken." --Stewart Lewis, author of You Have Seven Messages
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Eleanor & Park reminded me not just what it's like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it's like to be young and in love with a book." --John Green,
The New York Times Book Review "Rowell's writing swings from profane to profound, but it's always real and always raw." --Petra Mayer for
NPR Books
