The People on Platform 5/Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
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.PDF 354 pages
Expected Publication:
26 May 2022
07 June 2022
By:
By:
Random House UK, Transworld Publishers, Bantam Press
Penguin Random House Canada, Viking
About The Book:
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.
My Review:
I loved The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley and was really excited to get this one from NetGalley and I am so happy to report that it did not disappoint! I loved this book so, so much! We get many points of view. First we have Iona, she is a self described magazine therapist. We also have Sanjay who is a nurse, then there is Piers a finance guy who wants to be a math teacher, followed by Emmie a tech wiz in the marketing game and finally we have Martha who is a high school student caught in a terribly embarrassing situation at school...they think they know each other, but do they really? There are a few side characters that are also just as important and well thought out...and everyone is hiding a secret, can these strangers really be the answer to each other's prayers? So funny yet heartbreaking, so poignant yet quirky, so sweet yet impossibly real. These are such an unlikely bunch to become friends, but become friends they did and in the end they make sense. I really don't want to go into it any further because this story is much better the less you know and I encourage you, reader to get to know them yourself and just enjoy the (train) ride, you'll be glad you did and you just might find some surprises along the way.
About The Book:
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.
My Review:
I loved The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley and was really excited to get this one from NetGalley and I am so happy to report that it did not disappoint! I loved this book so, so much! We get many points of view. First we have Iona, she is a self described magazine therapist. We also have Sanjay who is a nurse, then there is Piers a finance guy who wants to be a math teacher, followed by Emmie a tech wiz in the marketing game and finally we have Martha who is a high school student caught in a terribly embarrassing situation at school...they think they know each other, but do they really? There are a few side characters that are also just as important and well thought out...and everyone is hiding a secret, can these strangers really be the answer to each other's prayers? So funny yet heartbreaking, so poignant yet quirky, so sweet yet impossibly real. These are such an unlikely bunch to become friends, but become friends they did and in the end they make sense. I really don't want to go into it any further because this story is much better the less you know and I encourage you, reader to get to know them yourself and just enjoy the (train) ride, you'll be glad you did and you just might find some surprises along the way.
Disclosure:
With many thanks to NetGalley, Clare Pooley and
With many thanks to NetGalley, Clare Pooley and
Random House UK, Transworld Publishers, Bantam Press
Penguin Random House Canada, Viking for the giving of the ARC.
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