false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172980034m/235791.jpg 235791 5 Small wonder that, at nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a fascination with the local funeral home. With a father who drives his Ford pickup with a Kodak movie camera sitting shotgun just in case he sees an accident, and whose home movies feature more footage of disasters than of his children, Monica is primed to become a morbid child.<P><P>Yet in spite of her father's bouts of violence and abuse, her mother's selfishness and prim denial, and her siblings' personal battles and betrayals, Monica never succumbs to despair. Instead, she forges her own way, thriving at school and becoming fast friends with Julie Kilner, whose father is the town mortician.<P><P>She and Julie prefer the casket showroom, where they take turns lying in their favorite coffins, to the parks and grassy backyards in her hometown of Elk Grove, Ohio. In time, Monica and Julie get a job driving the company hearse to pick up bodies at the airport, yet even Monica's growing independence can't protect her from her parents' irresponsibility, and from the feeling that she simply does not deserve to be safe. Little does she know, as she finally strikes out on her own, that her parents' biggest betrayal has yet to be revealed.<P><P>Throughout this remarkable memoir of her dysfunctional, eccentric, and wholly unforgettable family, Monica Holloway's prose shines with humor, clear-eyed grace, and an uncommon sense of resilience. <I>Driving with Dead People</i> is an extraordinary real-life tale with a wonderfully observant and resourceful heroine.<P><P> 1070629 6 3 2007 Driving with Dead People total:695|5:133|4:291|3:207|2:53|1:11| 695 2567 1144 176 4 3 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 16 07:31:38 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 18 17:38:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Aug 11 12:18:31 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 12:22:57 -0700 2008 Her story proves you never know what is really going on in someone else's life.]]> 5 2 false false Tue Apr 15 12:00:53 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 11:43:59 -0700 2008 4 2 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 08:59:47 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 17:28:22 -0700 2008 2 1 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 22:03:55 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 20:40:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 08:08:17 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 19:02:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 16:40:17 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 10:27:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 16:48:36 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 16:53:08 -0700 2007
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