The Seven Rules of Elvira Carr: A Novel

Elvira Carr is twenty-seven, neurodivergent, and unaccustomed to the unpredictable world outside her front door. She prefers tea at four o'clock, polite honesty, and a precise schedule. Most of all, she likes rules—rules help her make sense of a life that can feel overwhelmingly uncertain.

But when her overbearing mother suffers a stroke and is placed in care, Elvira is left to manage on her own. Alon...