Rules for Visiting (by Jessica Francis Kane)
This was the first (new) book from the 2020 Tournament of Books longlist that popped up in my library app, so here we go!
This is another book where the summary of it misled me. "When [May Attaway] is unexpectedly granted some leave from her job, she is inspired to reconnect with four once-close friends. So she goes, one by one, to each of them." This sounds like it's a book about these four visits, but actually the visiting doesn't start until almost 40% into the book and some of it is quite glossed over. It's more like a quiet character study.
It all comes together at the end, when May talks about what she's been trying to tell and what she's been writing around the whole time. It ends in a quietly powerful way that feels right, and also takes us by surprise. I wasn't sure about this book, but I ended up really liking it. Not sure if it will make the shortlist, but very glad I read it.
This is another book where the summary of it misled me. "When [May Attaway] is unexpectedly granted some leave from her job, she is inspired to reconnect with four once-close friends. So she goes, one by one, to each of them." This sounds like it's a book about these four visits, but actually the visiting doesn't start until almost 40% into the book and some of it is quite glossed over. It's more like a quiet character study.
It all comes together at the end, when May talks about what she's been trying to tell and what she's been writing around the whole time. It ends in a quietly powerful way that feels right, and also takes us by surprise. I wasn't sure about this book, but I ended up really liking it. Not sure if it will make the shortlist, but very glad I read it.
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