title: Drive: Women's True Stories from the Open Road
author: Jennie Goode
description: The women in this pleasant collection of short essays hit the road in their Caddies, Jeeps, vans, bikes, and trucks on journeys of self-discovery. Some even look outward and see the people and places they visit. Tina Yun Lee, for example, explores the stressful relationship with her mother on an all-Korean bus trip across Canada, while Ann Stone finds freedom and self-confidence on her 400-pound Harley. Martha Gies, in "Substitution Trunk," takes to the road with a magician, where she learns that the magic is in the audience, not in the act. Most of these stories contain an element of common experience that will resonate with women readers, although endless mechanical troubles, often mirroring life's troubles, quickly wear thin. Similar to Hot Flashes from Abroad (edited by Jean Gould), these essays will reach the same audience but are less varied. Although the emphasis is on travel, this work is most suitable for women's studies collections. For larger libraries. Linda M. Kaufmann, Freel Lib., Massachusetts Coll. of Liberal Arts, North Adams <br />Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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  #  THE VINTAGE CYCLING CAFE
  
  
  by Shelley Roberts
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ##  Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
  Heather stepped out of the taxi and immediately felt herself unsteady on the
  stony path. Her Mary Janes, while sturdy, were no match against the uneven
  ground of the narrow country lane that the car had just struggled to navigate.
  
  
  ‘You don’t pack lightly, do you, Miss?’ the driver said jokingly as he pulled
  her many suitcases out of the boot.
  
  
  ‘No, I suppose not,’ she said lightly, not wanting to get into another
  conversation with this man. She’d had to put up with enough in the car, and
  football really wasn’t her area of expertise. What he didn’t know was that
  this wasn’t just a holiday in the country to see her dear Nana. She didn’t
  know how long she’d be staying and she thought she’d done quite well to pack
  as much into the small amount of space she had.
  
  
  ‘OK, here’s the last of it,’ he said, dropping her largest leather attaché
  case on