What I’m Reading: Eleanor & Park

Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell, is a 2013 YA novel about, as you might guess, two characters named Eleanor and Park, who seem at first to have little in common but end up meaning everything to each other.

It’s 1986, and Eleanor has just returned home after being kicked out of her house for a year by her drunkard stepfather, Richie. She’s been living with her aunt and uncle but Richie’s decided to let her move back in. She’s not sure why Richie had a change of heart, but she knows she’s pus...