I loved the idea of all these different strangers and their lives/plotlines merging together because of a commute. Generally, our closest friends tend to be around the same age as us and share similar views and life experiences, which means that the help and advice they give you in tough times is probably advice you’d give yourself,” author Clare Pooley said in an interview with The Nerd Daily . It is an easy read feel good book with a well drawn cast of fantastic characters who become unlikely friends on their daily commute.

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Survival against impossible extraterrestrial odds: Invasion ends its second season with hope … and not?Rather cleverly too, the way in which these characters come together is not instantaneous; rather they take a while to let down their barriers, to actually come around to the idea that not saying “Hi” to a fellow commuter but becoming involved in their lives isn’t a bad thing, and it gives The People on Platform 5 an emotional heft and substance that makes the ending that follows feel well-deserved and truthful. The audiobook narrator, Clare Corbett, does a fabulous job delivering the one-liner comments creatively written by the author.

The People on Platform 5 by Clare Pooley - Audiobook

somewhere in the hauntingly spooky and hilariously freaky mix and, of course, solving a great mystery which in the case of 1999’s Scooby-Doo! The Authenticity Project, Clare’s first novel, was a New York Times bestseller, a BBC Radio 2 book club pick, and winner of the RNA debut novel award. Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting brings together an assortment of seemingly dissimilar train commuters who come from very different backgrounds but all share this common thread: their mooring has come loose, and beneath their polite and cool British exteriors, each is quite desperately in need of help to find a new path forward. I loved how something as innocuous as the daily commute can bring strangers together to complete the piece of the puzzle they most needed.The People on Platform 5 is Clare's second novel, inspired by her fascination with inventing stories about her fellow passengers on her commute to work.