{"product_id":"rules-for-visiting-book-jessica-francis-kane-9780525559245","title":"Rules for Visiting","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An elegant and deeply moving meditation on friendship, family, and life on earth. \u003ci\u003eRules for Visiting\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful novel.\" --Emily St. John Mandel, author of \u003ci\u003eSea of Tranquility\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The national bestseller and an Indie Next List pick\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Name a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eO Magazine * Good Housekeeping * Real Simple * Vulture * Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Named a Best Book of the Summer by The Today Show * Good Morning America \u003ci\u003e* Wall Street Journal * San Francisco Chronicle * Southern Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the 2020 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Long-listed for the 2020 Tournament of Books\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDry, witty, and unapologetic, May Attaway loves literature and her work as a botanist for the university in her hometown. More at home with plants than people, May begins to suspect she isn't very good at friendship and wonders if it's possible to improve with practice. Granted some leave from her job, she sets out on a journey to spend time with four long-neglected friends.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Smart, funny, and full of compassion, Rules for Visiting is the story of a search for friendship in the digital age, a singular look at the way we stay in touch. While May travels, she studies her friends' lives and begins to confront the pain of her own.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With simplicity and honesty, Jessica Francis Kane has crafted an exquisite story about a woman trying to find a new way to be in the world. This nourishing book, with its beautiful contemplation of travel, trees, family, and friendship, is the perfect antidote to our chaotic times.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49656145903889,"sku":"GOR012539867","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49926795952401,"sku":"CIN0525559248G","price":3.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50291085443345,"sku":"CIN0525559248VG","price":3.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51003314503953,"sku":"NIN9780525559245","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52104610152721,"sku":"CIN0525559248A","price":3.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0525559248.jpg?v=1786096825","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/rules-for-visiting-book-jessica-francis-kane-9780525559245","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}