Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

Clare Pooley

ISBN 10: 0735238456 / ISBN 13: 9780735238459

Published by Viking, 2022

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Synopsis:

Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It's a rule. But what would happen if they did?

Every day Iona, a larger-than-life magazine advice columnist, travels the ten stops from Hampton Court to Waterloo Station by train, accompanied by her dog, Lulu. Every day she sees the same people, whom she knows only by nickname: Impossibly-Pretty-Constant-Reader and Terribly-Lonely-Teenager. Of course, they never speak. Seasoned commuters never do.

Then one morning, the man she calls Smart-But-Sexist-Manspreader chokes on a grape right in front of her. He'd have died were it not for the timely intervention of Sanjay, a nurse, who gives him the Heimlich maneuver.

This single event starts a chain reaction, and an eclectic group of people with almost nothing in common except their commute discover that a chance encounter can blossom into much more. It turns out that talking to strangers can teach you about the world around you--and even more about yourself.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
Publisher: Viking
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good