Record Number |
813553 |
ISBN |
9780525559221 (hardback) |
Author |
Kane, Jessica Francis, 1971- author. |
Title |
Rules for visiting / Jessica Francis Kane ; [illustrations by Edward Carey] |
Publisher/Date |
New York : Penguin Press, [2019] |
©2019 |
Pagination etc. |
289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
Summary Note |
At forty, May Attaway is more at home with plants than people. Over the years, she's turned inward, finding pleasure in language, her work as a gardener, and keeping her neighbours at arm's length while keenly observing them. But when she is unexpectedly granted some leave from her job, May is inspired to reconnect with four once close friends. She knows they will never have a proper reunion, so she goes, one-by-one, to each of them. A student of the classics, May considers her journey a female Odyssey. What might the world have had if, instead of waiting, Penelope had set out on an adventure of her own? |
Subject |
Middle-aged women -- Fiction |
Female friendship -- Fiction |
Domestic fiction. |
Added Author |
Carey, Edward, 1970- illustrator. |
Shelf Location |
F KANE |