About the Book:
Amy Curry thinks her life sucks. Her mom decides to move from California to Connecticut to start anew--just in time for Amy's senior year. Her dad recently died in a car accident. So Amy embarks on a road trip to escape from it all, driving cross-country from the home she's always known toward her new life. Joining Amy on the road trip is Roger, the son of Amy's mother's old friend. Amy hasn't seen him in years, and she is less than thrilled to be driving across the country with a guy she barely knows. So she's surprised to find that she is developing a crush on him. At the same time, she's coming to terms with her father's death and how to put her own life back together after the accident. Told in traditional narrative as well as scraps from the road--diner napkins, motel receipts, postcards--this is the story of one girl's journey to find herself.
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My Thoughts:
I'd heard a lot about this book from various sources, and all good things too. So I read it with a lot of expectations, and surprisingly, it lived up to them all. Superb book, with a lot of fun as well as serious and swoon moments. I really liked the story, I mean who wouldn't? Who wouldn't want to go on a road trip like that? I've always liked these road trip, coming-of-age type novels and movies, and this one was one of the best. I'll definitely be reading more of this author.
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Some Lines:
I wanted to be back home, in my own bed, with my parents down the hall and Charlie next door. I’d just always assumed those constants, so basic, would never change. I hadn’t even realized they were anything special at the time. And now I would have given anything to be back there again.
You’ve got to have pride in your home. You are where you’re from. Otherwise, you’re always going to be lost.
If you have to look any further than your own backyard to find your heart’s desire, you never really lost it to begin with?
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