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100411494X 
Large print The people on Platform 5; Clare Pooley
Year: 2023
Language: English
Type: Large print
Class Number: F
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Clipper Large Print Books, 2023
Physical or Electronic: Physical
ISBN: 9781004114948
Notes:
Standard print edition originally published: London: Bantam Press, 2022
Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It's a rule. But what would happen if they did? Every day at 8:05, Iona Iverson boards the train to go to work. Every day, she sees the same people and makes assumptions about them, even giving them nicknames. But they never speak. Obviously. Then, one morning, Smart-but-Sexist Surbiton chokes on a grape right in front of Iona. Probably-a-Psychopath-New-Malden steps up to help and saves his life, and this one event sparks a chain reaction. With nothing in common but their commute, an eclectic group of people learn that their assumptions about each other don't match reality. But when Iona's life begins to fall apart, will her new friends be there when she needs them most?
Extent: 420 pages (large print), pbk
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