Gravel Shoulders is a fictionalized memoir. Fast moving and superbly written, Lawrence David Brown lets his protagonist tell the tale: a modern ballet dancer named Harry who drops out of Manhattan to hitchhike across 1972 America. While searching for missing pieces of his life, Harry runs into Kate, a reluctant hitchhiker who triggers old regrets. As the journey unfolds, Harry oscillates from present to past desperate to resolve nagging fears about...