{"product_id":"baby-driver-paperback","title":"Baby Driver - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel by Jan Kerouac, daughter of Jack--a thrilling work of autobiographical fiction that captures with inspired detail a life driven by adventure, drugs, far-flung travel, and like her father, a relentless quest for pure experience. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If [Jack] Kerouac sometimes put a spiritual gloss on poverty and life on the edge, his daughter offered an unflinching vision.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Was it January or February? The coconut fronds waving, shining like green hair in the sun, gave no clue.\" Fifteen-year-old Jan is pregnant, gamely living off rice and whatever fish her boyfriend John can catch in Yelapa, Mexico. Her sojourn there-both thrilling and heartbreaking-marks the beginning of a life of restless wandering. Jan Kerouac, the only child of Jack Kerouac, first published her autobiographical novel \u003ci\u003eBaby Driver \u003c\/i\u003ein 1981. Fearless and frank, \u003ci\u003eBaby Driver \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a difficult childhood, marked by maternal warmth and paternal disregard, and of the heady freedom and precariousness of self-reliance.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102496002271,"sku":"9781681379739","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/2TBXQUz7V29781681379739.webp?v=1781083364","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/baby-driver-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}