Riding in Cars with Boys

Confessions of a Bad Girl Who Makes Good

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Denied college, Beverly Donofrio lost interest in everything but riding around town in cars, drinking and smoking, and rebelling against authority. She got married and divorced and finally ended up in an elite New England university, books in one arm, child in the other. A book about the compromise between being your own person and fitting into society.
Beverly Donofrio is the author of Riding in Cars with Boys and Looking for Mary, as well as the coauthor of Mafia Marriage. Her picture book Mary and the Mouse received two starred reviews. Ms. Donofrio is also the author of a middle-grade novel, Thank You, Lucky Stars. View titles by Beverly Donofrio

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Denied college, Beverly Donofrio lost interest in everything but riding around town in cars, drinking and smoking, and rebelling against authority. She got married and divorced and finally ended up in an elite New England university, books in one arm, child in the other. A book about the compromise between being your own person and fitting into society.

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Beverly Donofrio is the author of Riding in Cars with Boys and Looking for Mary, as well as the coauthor of Mafia Marriage. Her picture book Mary and the Mouse received two starred reviews. Ms. Donofrio is also the author of a middle-grade novel, Thank You, Lucky Stars. View titles by Beverly Donofrio

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