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54 pages 1 hour read

Clare Pooley

Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

Clare PooleyFiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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Chapters 52-65Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 52 Summary: “Sanjay”

19:15 New Malden to Hampton Court

Sanjay scans a noticeboard at the hospital and finds a notice for a clinician’s support group. At his apartment, he finds a takeout bag full of biryani, left by his mother, who invites him to share with a friend. Sanjay takes the food to Iona’s. Martha is there, and Iona has been teaching her the cancan. She gives Sanjay a skirt and entices him to join. Emmie enters with her suitcase and begins to cry.

Chapter 53 Summary: “Piers”

08:13 Surbiton to Waterloo

Piers reviews ads for apartments and praises Martha for the progress she is making in math. He has been invited to teach classes and doesn’t know how to manage a classroom. Martha encourages him to think in terms of a David Attenborough documentary: regard the teenagers as wildlife and behave like the big gorilla. Martha goes to sit with the boy playing Romeo, who is handsome and popular and appears to like Martha.

Chapter 54 Summary: “Emmie”

08:05 Hampton Court to Waterloo

Emmie misses the Toby she thought she knew, the one she believed adored and protected her. Iona has been doing her best to keep Emmie distracted.

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