Driving Sideways by Jess Riley
Leigh Fielding wants a life. Seriously. Having spent the past five years on dialysis, she has one simple wish: to make it to her thirtieth birthday. Now, thanks to the generosity of the late Larry Resnick and his transplanted kidney, it looks like her wish may come true. With her newfound vitality (and Larry's kidney) in tow, Leigh hits the road for an excursion that will carry her from Wisconsin to California, with a few stops in between: Mount Rushmore, the Badlands, the Rockies, Las Vegas-and a memorable visit to thank Larry's family for the second chance. Yet Leigh's itinerary takes a sudden detour when she picks up a seventeen-year-old hitchhiker, Denise, a runaway with a bunch of stories and a couple of secrets. Add a long-lost mother, a loaded gun, an RV full of swingers, and Hall and Oates's Greatest Hits to the mix, and Driving Sideways becomes a hilarious and original journey of friendship, hope, and discovery. Praise for Driving Sideways: Driving Sideways is a gorgeous novel . . . hugely entertaining and very touching. Jess Riley's voice is irreverent and wonderful, and her writing is genius.-Marian Keyes, author of Anybody Out There? A hopeful and hilarious debut . Jess Riley may well be my new favorite author. -Jen Lancaster, author of Bitter is the New Black
Brilliant . . . Jess Riley proves herself a huge new talent.
-Kristy Kiernan, author of Catching Genius
Jess Riley is a grant writer who lives in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with her husband and their dog. Her book, Driving Sideways, was a finalist in the 2005 James Jones First Novel Fellowship.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780345501103 |
| ISBN 10 | 0345501101 |
| Title | Driving Sideways |
| Author | Jess Riley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2008-05-20 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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