![]() ![]() ![]() What she doesn't count on, however, is her flighty '55 Volkswagon temporarily giving out in the Oklahoma flatlands or the ditching of a dumbstruck Indian baby in the car while she has it fixed. ![]() To avoid the latter, Taylor, born Marietta, sets out on a set of the former to find a new life in the West. Taylor Greer has always been afraid of two things: tires, one of which she saw explode and cripple a local tobacco farmer and pregnancy, the common, constricting fate of her own mother and, generally, of young girls in Pittman County, KY, where she has grown up. I'd definitely urge you to read it' NEW YORK TIMES 'An astonishing literary debut' COSMOPOLITANĪ warmhearted and highly entertaining first novel in which a poor but plucky Kentucky gift with a sharp tongue, soft heart and strong spirit sets out on a cross-country trip and arrives at surprising new meanings for love, friendship, and family - as well as overcoming the big and little fears that inhibit lives. 'Compelling and very funny' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A remarkable, enjoyable book. ![]()
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