{"product_id":"9781681379739","title":"Baby Driver","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":"Jan Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47774013391070,"sku":"9781681379739","price":23.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0425\/4567\/6440\/files\/BNCImageAPI_a7625a59-73af-4191-a6b0-82ed0b51cdf2.jpg?v=1766450407","url":"https:\/\/paragraphbooks.com\/fr\/products\/9781681379739","provider":"Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}