Riding in Cars With Boys: Confessions of a Bad Girl Who Makes Good
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688083374 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 204 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Denied college, Bev Donofrio lost interest in everything but riding around town in cars, drinking and smoking, and rebelling against authority. Author readings.. A book about the compromise between being your own person and fitting into society. She got married and divorced and finally ended up in an elite New England university, books in one arm, child in the other
Consorting with lowlifes, indulging in drugs, promiscuous and aimless, she became pregnant and entered an ill-starred, short-lived marriage. In this humor-flecked, street-side view of her unconventional life, Donofrio, a New York City freelance journalist, writes about a mother and her son coming of age together. From Publishers Weekly A self-described wild girl travels through the "demolition derby" of her 1960s lifestyle in this rough-hewn account. . Born into a working-class Italian-American family in Wallingford, Conn., Donofrio rebelled early, de
Stephanie M Ambrose said Five Stars. Great book! Nothing like the movie!. Riding in Cars with Boys is my all time favorite movie! It shows how love and life aren't Riding in Cars with Boys is my all time favorite movie! It shows how love and life aren't always filled with flowers and happiness. A few things that threw me off with this book:1. Its length. I truly thought it would be longer than it was.2. It was . A good real look at a teenage life G. Wiese This book relates to many teenagers life. I mean many people go through several things in being a teenager. Some may end up like Bev and others may realize how close to that life they. I think this a book for everyone young and old.