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'Midway through my fortieth year, I reached a point where the balance of the past and all it contained seemed to outweigh the future, my mind so full of things said and not said, done and undone, I no longer understood how to move forward' May is at a crossroads. Although her career as a gardener for the university is flourishing, the rest of her life has narrowed to a parched routine. Her father is elderly, her brother estranged, and she keeps her neighbours at arm's length. The missing element, she realises, might be friendship. As May sets off on a journey to visit four neglected friends one-by-one, she holds herself (and them) to humorously high standards, while at home she begins to confront the pain of her past and imagine for herself a different kind of future. May's quest becomes an exploration of the power, and perhaps limits, of modern friendship.
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Praise for Rules for Visiting:
'Told in clean, rigorous prose that neither sensationalises nor sentimentalises. . . this novel blooms in you like a flower' Daily Mail
'Charming, lovely, funny and relevant' Red Magazine
'A voyage of self-discovery . . . [a] subtle, wryly funny and warm-hearted study of friendship' Simple Things
'[has a] deep charm... ruminative' Mail on Sunday
'Reveals the power and limitations of modern day friendships' -- --Evening Standard
About the Author
Jessica Francis Kane's first novel, The Report, was chosen as one of the Best Reads 2012 for the Channel 4 TV Book Club. She is also the author of two story collections, Bending Heaven (Chatto & Windus, 2003) and This Close (Graywolf, 2013). She lives in New York City with her husband and their two children.
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 1783784644
- ISBN 13 9781783784646
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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