This masterwork of 19th. Century fiction is most extraordinary. The characters are uniformly unsympathetic and they are less than they think of themselves. In spite of this, the writing is exquisite and the novel deserves all of its accolades for its skewering of society.
Recommended by John
Morgan Matson presents and signs Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
07/09/2010 7:00 pm
Location:
Street:
Vroman's Bookstore
Additional:
695 E. Colorado Blvd
City:
Pasadena
,
Province:
California
Postal Code:
91101
Country:
United States
Amy Curry's life sucks: her mom decides to move from California to Connecticut in her senior year of high school, hoping to start anew after the death of Amy's father. To escape from it all, Amy embarks on a cross-country road trip, joined by Roger, the son of Amy's mother's old friend, whom she barely knows. Told in traditional narrative as well as scraps from the road--diner napkins, motel receipts, postcards--this is the story of one girl's journey to find herself.