RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS: CONFESSIONS OF A BAD GIRL WHO MAKES GOOD

Book ID/图书代码： 02330010B34706

English Summary/英文概要： Denied college, Bev 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. Author readings.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 达诺弗（Donofrio）是一名警察的女儿，处于叛逆时期，书里详细描述了她跟人乱交、滥用药物、意外早孕、短暂婚姻以及最终取得成功成为一名自由记者的故事。达诺弗所处的那个年代，青少年们不论时局如何动荡，依然我行我素，他们做爱、叛逆、鬼混、嗜酒、好烟，说到底也只为了及时行乐而已。达诺弗高中未毕业就怀孕，结了婚又很快离了婚，最终以独自抚养幼小的儿子收尾，还是依靠政府的福利才勉强维生。可是现在，她是硕士毕业，住在纽约这个大都市，养大了儿子，自己还是个作家。达诺弗的窝心故事会特别吸引和她有类似体验的出生在20世纪60年代的人们。达诺弗自己还是孩子的时候就要承担照顾自己小孩的责任。她一开始就知道自己不会是传统意义上的母亲。她儿子出生的时候她才17岁，接下来的十年里有八年之久她们母子是靠福利为生的。以其叛逆的性格来说，她是一位勇气可嘉意志坚定的母亲。
总体说来，大学辍学，贝弗利•达诺弗（Bev Donofrio）以开车四处乱逛、喝酒抽烟、与权威人士对着干为乐。她结婚离婚，最后一手看书一手抱着小孩优异毕业于新英格兰大学。本书探讨的是做自己与适应社会的折衷。(XJJ)

Awards/获奖情况：Donofrio, a rebellious policeman’s daughter, details her promiscuity and drug abuse, early pregnancy and brief marriage, and eventual success as a freelance journalist. "In this humor-flecked, street-side view of her unconventional life, Donofrio . . . writes about a mother and her son coming of age together,"---said PW, From Publishers Weekly

Donofrio’s poignant 1960s memoir features the silent majority of teenagers and young people who didn’t protest or go to Vietnam or attend the Summer of Love, but who did what teens do no matter how turbulent the times: they have sex, rebel, hang out, drink, smoke, and just generally try to have as good a time as possible. That’s what Donofrio did, at least until she got pregnant before graduating from high school, was married (briefly) and divorced, and ended up rearing a small son alone and on welfare. Today she has a master’s degree, lives in New York City, has raised a son without visible scars, and is a writer. Donofrio’s funny, heartwarming story will especially appeal to every similar child of the 1960s who, despite barriers and a lack of encouragement, safely made the passage to adulthood. Reminiscent in style and content (though covering different eras) of Betsy Israel’s Grown-up Fast: A True Story of Teenage Life in Suburban America (Poseidon, 1988). Highly recommended.---Rosellen Brewer, Monterey Cty. Free Lib., Seaside, Cal., From Library Journal

About the Author/作者介绍： Beverly Ann Donofrio studied at Wesleyan University and received an M.F.A. in creative writing from Columbia University. Beverly Donofrio is an author most noted for writing Riding in Cars with Boys, an autobiographical account of her life. The book was made into a movie with the same title and starred Drew Barrymore as Donofrio. Her second memoir, Looking for Mary, or the Blessed Mother and Me, is about the Virgin Mary, faith and her own life as a mother. Donofrio lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she is a founder of San Miguel Workshops. Her first children’s book was released in 2007 by Random House.
*《寻找玛丽亚》（Looking for Mary）
*《玛丽与鼠》（Mary and the Mouse, The Mouse and Mary）
*《谢谢你，幸运星》（Thank You, Lucky Stars）
贝弗利•安妮•达诺弗（Beverly Ann Donofrio）毕业于卫斯里安大学，并且在哥伦比亚大学获得创造性写作荣誉。她最著名的作品就是以自传形式呈现的《与男人同车》（Riding in cars with boys）。这本书后来还被改编成电影搬上荧幕，由德里•巴鲁摩尔出演女主角。她的第二本作品《寻找玛利亚》（Looking for Mary, or the blessed mother and me）写的是关于圣女玛利亚，她的忠诚和她作为母亲的故事。达诺弗住在墨西哥，在那儿她有自己的工作室。她的儿童小说2007年由任意出版社（Random House）出版。

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