She Drove Without Stopping

by Jaimy Gordon

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929701364
• ISBN13: 9780929701363
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: McPherson
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A non-stop, lyrical work of well crafted prose.

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.