Iona Iverson's Rules For Commuting / Clare Pooley - 3***

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Iona Iverson’s Rules For Commuting – Clare Pooley
Digital audiobook performed by Clare Corbett
3***

This is a delightful ensemble piece featuring Iona Iverson, a woman of a certain age, who has long held a position as an advice columnist. Every day she rides the tube to her job site, along with her French bulldog, Lulu. She recognizes the regular riders but doesn’t interact with them and knows them only by the descriptions she’s given them, such as “Impossibly-Pretty-Bookworm,” or “Mr-Too-Good-To-Be-True.” And then one morning, one of the group chokes on a grape, and another performs the Heimlich maneuver, saving the first man’s life. And this shared experience brings them into one another’s circles with charming results.

I really liked all these characters, even the insufferable Piers, and enjoyed watching how their expanded circle of friendship affected each of them. I worried for some of them as their backstories unfolded and cheered them all on as they emerged from their troubles and all vowed to “be more Iona.” It’s my own new rallying cry!

Clare Corbett does a marvelous job of performing the audio version. She has a lot of characters to deal with and gives them each a unique voice.

Note: Originally published in the U.K. as The People on Platform 5



LINK to my review

[Jgrace]

Sounds like a fun listen. Thanks!