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Gallery Books, March 2008
Trade Paperback, 336 pages
ISBN-10: 1416955127
ISBN-13: 9781416955122
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At nine-years-old, Monica Holloway became obsessed with the local funeral home in a stunning memoir of childhood dysfunction that explores what happens when Running With Scissors meets Six Feet Under...
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Browse Inside Driving with Dead People "Memoir, at its best, opens my heart and gives me a view into the core perfection of another. Monica does this in the most essential way, going directly to perfect storytelling laced with irony and humor. She held my heart with her raw, unapologetic honesty, and she flawlessly rendered what it is like to be a child who sees everything, endures it, and still loves with her whole being."
-- Jennifer Lauck, New York Times bestselling author of Blackbird and Still Waters
"A meticulously reported account of one girl's journey through a violent and unpredictable childhood. Holloway's strong voice and remarkable sense of humor, in spite of the horror in her past, make this an unforgettable read."
-- Hope Edelman, New York Times bestselling author of Motherless Daughters
"Joining searing childhood memoirs such as The Glass Castle and Running with Scissors comes the impressive Driving with Dead People, a fascinating, gritty, hilarious read for everyone who realized as a child -- as Monica Holloway did -- that 'we were the weird ones.' Holloway narrates her sad, funny childhood with an exquisite blend of raw honesty, deadpan wit, and compassion for her family -- and herself."
-- Leslie Morgan Steiner, L.A. Times bestselling editor of Mommy Wars
"Driving with Dead People is a heartbreaking, hilarious, and page-turning read. In the space of one sentence Monica Holloway can break your heart and make you laugh out loud at the same time. Her memoir has the momentum of a good mystery novel -- the kind you stay up all night reading to find out what happens to the heroine, because you love her so much. This is a stunning debut of a writer who deals with difficult material and makes it fresh and moving."
-- Barbara Abercrombie, author of Writing Out the Storm and Courage & Craft
Arizona Daily Sun, September 26, 2009
...that they are already fans of the author. But most authors are much more like Corrigan. Or, say, Monica Holloway. The Los Angeles-based mom got good reviews for her first book, the 2007 memoir 'Driving With Dead People.' Her second, 'Cowboy ...
Washington Post, September 24, 2009
...that they are already fans of the author. But most authors are much more like Corrigan. Or, say, Monica Holloway. The Los Angeles-based mom got good reviews for her first book, a 2007 memoir called 'Driving With Dead People.' Her second, ...
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