Anna*13's review
Cross Country: Fifteen Years and 90,000 Miles on the Roads and Interstates of America with Lewis and Clark, a lot of bad motels, a moving van, Emily Post, ... kids, and enough coffee to kill an elephant by Robert Sullivan
Interesting idea about the transformative power of driving cross-country, and very well-written, but way too many digressions and asides. Every time something interesting happened to the author and his family on their trip, he stops the narrative to throw in a lengthy section about something totally unrelated. It makes sense that Sullivan is a journalist; this would make a great long article in a magazine, but at novel length, it's just frustrating.
