My Year with Eleanor by Noelle Hancock

My Year with Eleanor by Noelle Hancock

"I honestly loved this book."

--Jim Norton, New York Times bestselling author of I Hate Your Guts

"Eleanor taught Noelle that, first and foremost, Courage Takes Practice. Her yearlong quest to face her terrors, great and small, is moving, enriching, and hilarious--we readers are lucky to be along for the ride."

--Julie Powell, bestselling author of Julie & Julia

In the tradition of My Year of Living Biblically and Eat Pray Love comes My Year with Eleanor, Noelle Hancock's hilarious tale of her decision to heed the advice of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and do one thing a day that scares her in the year before her 30th birthday. Fans of Sloane Crosley and Chelsea Handler will absolutely adore Hancock's charming and outrageous chronicle of her courageous endeavor and delight in her poignant and inspiring personal growth.

NOELLE HANCOCK is a former New York Observer staff writer. Her work has featured in publications such as GQ, Gawker, and Us Weekly. She attended Yale University and was born and reared in Houston, Texas. Her parakeets, Jesus and Stuart, reside with her in Manhattan. Her parents are still adamant about her going to law school.