Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It's a rule. But what
would happen if they did?
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity
Project comes an escapist read that will transport you, cheer you, and
make you smile--and make you, too, wish you had Iona's gift for bringing
out the best in everyone.
**"A not-to-be-missed read in the mode of Gail Honeyman's Eleanor
Oliphant Is Completely Fine." --Booklist, starred review
**
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-Bookworm 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.