{"product_id":"baby-driver-3","title":"Baby Driver By Kerouac, Jan","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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57820696314238,"sku":"NW9781681379739","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781681379739.jpg?v=1786169346","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/baby-driver-3","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}