Ever ridden a bus or train to work? Or taken an airplane? Then you know the object of your commute is not to make eye contact or engage with each other, ever. But for Iona Iverson, a woman of a "certain age" commuting with her French bull dog Lulu to her London job, that changes the day that Smart-But-Sexist-Manspreader chokes on a grape right across the table from her.
How that incident changes the lives of the commuters on that train car is the subject of Clare Pooley's entertaining and engrossing novel Iona Iverson's Rules For Commuting (#1,115). We learn more about Iona herself, the handsome nurse who comes to the rescue, the impossibly pretty girl who always has her nose in a book, and the teenager who has made a typically teen mistake and is living with the consequences. There are others, of course, who contribute to the social glue. They change from commuters to a community right in front of us, and we're cheering them on.
It's a thoroughly satisfying read; don't miss out! You'll wish your commutes are half so entertaining.
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