Small wonder that, at nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a
fascination with the local funeral home. With a father who drives
his Ford pickup with a Kodak movie camera sitting shotgun just in
case he sees an accident, and whose home movies feature more
footage of disasters than of his children, Monica is primed to
become a morbid child.
Yet in spite of her father's bouts of violence and abuse, her
mother's selfishness and prim denial, and her siblings' personal
battles and betrayals, Monica never succumbs to despair. Instead,
she forges her own way, thriving at school and becoming fast
friends with Julie Kilner, whose father is the town mortician.
She and Julie prefer the casket showroom, where they take turns
lying in their favorite coffins, to the parks and grassy backyards
in her hometown of Elk Grove, Ohio. In time, Monica and Julie get a
job driving the company hearse to pick up bodies at the airport,
yet even Monica's growing independence can't protect her from her
parents' irresponsibility, and from the feeling that she simply
does not deserve to be safe. Little does she know, as she finally
strikes out on her own, that her parents' biggest betrayal has yet
to be revealed.
Throughout this remarkable memoir of her dysfunctional,
eccentric, and wholly unforgettable family, Monica Holloway's prose
shines with humor, clear-eyed grace, and an uncommon sense of
resilience. "Driving with Dead People" is an extraordinary
real-life tale with a wonderfully observant and resourceful
heroine.
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