Riding in Cars With Boys, Beverly Donofrio
Riding in Cars With Boys, Beverly Donofrio
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Riding in Cars With Boys

Author: Beverly Donofrio

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 5 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/29/2011


Synopsis

Unable to attend college, Beverly lost interest in everything but riding around in cars, drinking, smoking and rebelling against authority.

After her teenage marriage failed, Bev found herself at an elite New England university, books in one arm, child on the other. Then, furnished with ambition, dreams and $500, she took herself and her son to New York to begin a career and a life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Primmy712gmail.Com on July 28, 2019

Yikes. Didn’t realize this was a memoir until I was finished and noticed that the author shared a name with the main character. I was so hoping for some kind of redemption of the main character but truthfully she was so SO awful that I could hardly stand to read the book. I was a teen mother and I c......more

Goodreads review by Hristina on May 24, 2016

This book was a wild ride (pun intended). I enjoyed it a bunch.......more

Goodreads review by Ami on September 24, 2014

This is a great story. I saw the movie years ago, and I am glad that the novel is absolutely nothing like it. I almost wish the film directors hadn't taken such liberties with the story, because I would love to see a movie of this as written. What I loved most about this book was the raw honesty of......more

Goodreads review by Kris (My Novelesque Life) on November 12, 2018

3 STARS A memoir of a women remembering her teenage pregnancy and how it has come to shape her life. I enjoyed Drew Barrymore's role in the movie as much as I liked this novel - the movie and novel are different.......more

Goodreads review by Jovana on July 23, 2019

The movie version of this book has been an absolute favourite of mine for almost a decade, so of course, I was super excited to read this book. As expected, I really enjoyed it, although I do wish it was longer and more detailed. With just a little over 200 pages, I found the second part was too rus......more