Rules for Visiting
By Jessica Frances Kane
289 pages
What’s it about?
May Attaway is 40-years-old and lives at home with her father. She spends more time with the plants at work than she does with actual people. When she unexpectedly gets some time off from her job she decides to reconnect with old friends. In a deliberate series of short trips she moves forward with her life.What did it make me think about?
The beauty of friendship.Should I read it?
Well my first thought when I finished this book was all the friends I wanted to send this book to. That says something…. This story started SO slowly for me, but then it just worked its way into my heart. Much like actual friendships. Jessica Frances Kane has written a lovely tribute to both the power of friends, and also to the ability of any one person to change the trajectory of their life. A very affirming story! Quote- *my favorite quote is towards the end of the book- but it should really be read in context, so you will have to find it yourself. “2. I was interested in figuring out who I was with other people, and why that person was hard to be. I remember my mother, not a great keeper of friends herself, used to say, ‘If you’re comfortable with yourself, you’ll never be lonely,’ which didn’t feel like the whole story.”What’s it about?
May Attaway is 40-years-old and lives at home with her father. She spends more time with the plants at work than she does with actual people. When she unexpectedly gets some time off from her job she decides to reconnect with old friends. In a deliberate series of short trips she moves forward with her life.
What did it make me think about?
The beauty of friendship.
Should I read it?
Well my first thought when I finished this book was all the friends I wanted to send this book to. That says something…. This story started SO slowly for me, but then it just worked its way into my heart. Much like actual friendships. Jessica Frances Kane has written a lovely tribute to both the power of friends, and also to the ability of any one person to change the trajectory of their life. A very affirming story!
Quote-
*my favorite quote is towards the end of the book- but it should really be read in context, so you will have to find it yourself.
“2. I was interested in figuring out who I was with other people, and why that person was hard to be. I remember my mother, not a great keeper of friends herself, used to say, ‘If you’re comfortable with yourself, you’ll never be lonely,’ which didn’t feel like the whole story.”
