Riding in Cars with Boys: Confessions of a Bad Girl Who Makes Good
Denied college, Beverly Donofrio lost interest in everything but riding around town in cars, drinking and smoking, and rebelling against authority. She got married and divorced and finally ended up in an elite New England university, books in one arm, child in the other. A book about the...
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Denied college, Beverly Donofrio lost interest in everything but riding around town in cars, drinking and smoking, and rebelling against authority. She got married and divorced and finally ended up in an elite New England university, books in one arm, child in the other. A book about the compromise between being your own person and fitting into society.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140156294 (0140156291)
ASIN: 140156291
Publish date: January 1st 1992
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 204
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
Adult,
Family,
Biography Memoir,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Womens
I enjoyed it thouroughly.
This book is way better than the movie, and I liked the movie. I found Donofrio's voice authentic and interesting. I love reading stories about mothers who are not traditional, who articulate the dark side of having children. And who by association make me look half-way competent as a parent. An enj...
Beautifully written, poignant, a book I wish I had written.