She Drove without Stopping: A Novel
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Perhaps the ultimate woman's road novel, She Drove Without Stopping presents young Jane Turner's cross-country journey toward self-possession. As she refuses to turn back from a terrain we all know is dangerous to women, her wit wrestles with the violence she encounters on a risky odyssey. She Drove Without Stopping is a lusty and forthright novel. Jaimy Gordon, whose earlier books have earned her reputation as a brilliant stylist, here tells the story of a very young, very bold American woman deciding what she wants. In Jane Turner she has created a character so fresh, so self-consumed and self-righteous, that she reveals secrets of a special and particularly American type of woman.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0945575246
ISBN13:9780945575245
Release Date:January 1990
Publisher:Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Length:390 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 5.9" x 8.7"
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A non-stop, lyrical work of well crafted prose.
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Twenty-year-old Jane Turner sets off on a cross-country adventure in She Drove Without Stopping. By the end of her reckless, risky year on the road she's been in love, in danger, in jail, and, finally, in control of her own life again. In She Drove Without Stopping, author Jaimy Gordon provides a memorable protagonist in a whirling, non-stop, lyrical novel where a well-crafted prose is in perfect service to a deeply engaging, unique, and entertaining story. Highly recommended.
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