![]() Grateful for their help, the man, Sammy Thom, embraces Eleanor and Raymond as his friends and invites them into his life. Eleanor’s life changes when she and Raymond Gibbons, the graceless but friendly IT guy from her office, help an elderly man who has collapsed in the middle of the road. The most obvious sign of Eleanor’s trauma is a scar on the right side of her face, which she incurred in a fire her mother set to kill her and her younger sister, Marianne, when Eleanor was 10 years old. ![]() Eleanor’s childhood was traumatic, though for much of the novel she remains unwilling to think about her traumas, choosing to numb her pain with alcohol. The only regular social outlet she has are her weekly chats with Mummy, though these chats do little to alleviate Eleanor’s loneliness: Mummy is emotionally abusive and berates Eleanor for being pathetic, and chats with her leave Eleanor feeling dejected and unworthy of love. She has difficulty understanding social dynamics and makes others uncomfortable with her propensity to say exactly what’s on her mind. ![]() She’s nearly 30, lives in Glasgow, and has worked at the same graphic design company for nearly a decade. Eleanor is the novel’s protagonist and narrator. ![]()
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