Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

I was really happy to discover this author. She had a whole other career before writing and publishing her first novel at 50, calling these books her “Triumphant Second Act.” How inspiring is that?

This story is quirky and beautiful and is a must-read for when you need a reason to love and believe in humanity. There are strong found-family vibes between this group of commuters from different backgrounds and ages who find what they need in each other.The end of the book, with Bea and Iona dancing together, brought me to tears. It was both happy and oh-so bittersweet.“She'd been the proof that he'd made it, the icing on the cake of his new, impressive life. and now the icing had solidified in the life he was no longer sure he wanted.”“Sometimes when you put two very different whole people together, a kind of magic, an alchemy occurs. Bea said that I was like eggs and sugar and she was flour and butter, and when you mixed us together, we were more than just the combination of our ingredients, we were the whole damn cake. And the problem is, when you're used to being a magnificent, mouthwatering cake, it's really hard to get used to being just eggs and sugar once more.”“I realized I'd mistaken control for love.”“There were, Iona had learned, some problems that you really couldn't solve. You just had to find a way to live with them. And if Bea could no longer join her in Iona's world, then she would join Bea in hers.”