Rules for Visiting: A Novel

Rules for Visiting: A Novel

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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: O Magazine * Good Housekeeping * Real Simple * Vulture * Chicago Tribune
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE SUMMER BY: â€œThe Today Showâ€ * â€œGood Morning Americaâ€ * Wall Street Journal * San Francisco Chronicle * Southern Living
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Long-listed for the 2020 Tournament of Books

"Fun, hilarious, and extremely touching."â€”NPR

A beautifully observed and deeply funny novel of May Attaway, a university gardener who sets out on an odyssey to reconnect with four old friends over the course of a year.

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 neighbors 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?

RULES FOR VISITING is a woman's exploration of friendship in the digital age. Deeply alert to the nobility and the ridiculousness of ordinary people, May savors the pleasures along the wayâ€”afternoon ice cream with a long-lost friend, surprise postcards from an unexpected crush, and a moving encounter with ancient beauty. Though she gets a taste of viral online fame, May chooses to bypass her friends' perfectly cultivated online lives to instead meet them in their messy analog ones.

Ultimately, May learns that a best friend is someone who knows your storyâ€”and she inspires us all to master the art of visiting.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Press
Manufacturer Penguin Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrations, unspecified
ReleaseDate 2019-05-14
EANs 9780525559221

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin Press
Manufacturer	Penguin Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations, unspecified
ReleaseDate	2019-05-14
EANs	9780525559221

Rules for Visiting: A Novel

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