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Part I (Pages 1 - 63)

• The following version of this book was used to create this lesson plan: Kane, Jessica Francis. Rules for Visiting. Penguin, New York, 2019. Hardcover.

• This book was written from the first person perspective and in a mix of past and present tenses.

• Starting in the present tense, in "Departure," May Attaway is a 40-year-old university gardener living with her father Earl in Anneville, USA.

• May is in an airport and sees a woman with a bag bearing the slogan "A friend is someone who..." and wonders how that slogan ends.

• May has been thinking a lot about her friendships and how she has lost touch with many of her friends.

• In "A Crossroads," Kane switches to the past tense.

• Halfway through the year May turned 40 and became depressed.

• She started taking medicine and looking back on her life, wondering what changes she might make for...

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