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But there is a way, and The People on Platform 5 shines a heartening light on it, reassuring us that no matter how trenchant a problem might be or how far off a solution might be, that it is there somewhere and we can often find it and live it out if we only have the love and support of people around us. Very much enjoyed this but the only niggle is that the main character, who is in her fifties, is portrayed as if she’s in her eighties! It’s a tough ask in a world more inclined to injustice, vest self-interest and cruelty, accidental or otherwise, but that doesn’t stop us hoping that in amongst all of the hellish loose ends, there might be a definitive moment when all the brass rings fall within our grasp and all the hope springing eternal we’ve employed leads to the sort of happy ending that would make Cinderella swoon.
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Today was going to be the day, thought Sanjay as he made his way to New Malden station to catch his usual train. This beautifully-written story, which rather audaciously dares to imagine what might happen if regular commuters on the same train line in London dared to actually speak to each other, is like a tonic for the soul because not only does it bring a number of lost big city souls into the kind of nurturing found family they all desperately need, but it does so in a way that helps them answer some big questions in their life and take some pretty positive steps forward. Die schrullige Mitfünfzigerin hält sich dabei an ihre eiserne Pendlerrregel: bloß mit niemandem sprechen! He’d have died were it not for the timely intervention of Sanjay, a nurse, who gives him the Heimlich maneuver.They never speak to one another — or anyone else on board — because that’s just not the done thing between commuters. I had a warm and fuzzy feeling in my belly the entire time I was reading about Iona and the random commuters she meets on the train.
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She’s the oldest person in her office, battling to prove her relevance, while also facing issues in her relationship at home. This book is a quick and easy read about a group of strangers who become friends as they take the same train almost everyday. In Clare Pooley's author's letter at the end of this book, she talks about how she came up with these characters - how she decided to disregard the unspoken rules of commuting to create a world in which a large cast of people who take the train together become a community. Her blog has had over two million hits and her TEDx talk, Making Sober Less Shameful, has had over 110,000 views. As they all confront their failures and their fears, they must rely increasingly on their new train friends.The characters are all in some situation of stress but some of them are struggling with mental illness. courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTFrom the director of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie comes a hilariously fun beach adventure for the whole family! Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting" by Clare Pooley is a story about perceptions, kindness, and friendship! In her 50s, she'd lived with her long time partner, Bea, who began to suffer with early Alzheimer symptoms and was eventually placed in a home. Clare Pooley is best known as the bestselling author of The Authenticity Project which was published in 2020.
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