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Melissa Stephenson's Driven does the hard and wonderful work of exhuming the beauty from which disconnection and heartbreak are woven. Perhaps no life, she reminds us, is ever yet fully lived; and there's a beauty in that, too. -- Rick Bass, author of For a Little While A coming-of-age memoir about wanderlust, grief, and perseverance, Stephenson's first book packs an emotional wallop. -- Booklist Stephenson's memoir offers a rewarding twist on an American story and is filled with love, grief, grit, and healing. -- Publishers Weekly Driven is a restless road trip of a memoir...[as] Stephenson finds comfort and freedom in the cars that grounded the turbulence and restlessness of her life. -- Shelf Awareness Explores a woman's relationship with her family and dead brother through the cars that came into their lives...Lyrical and eloquent, Stephenson's book is a journey of pain, beauty, and healing that also celebrates the life of her tragically misunderstood brother. Raw, tender, and uniquely envisioned. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Wanderlust is instilled in Stephenson from a young age, and cars both enable her spirit of adventure and allow her to get at intangible emotions while dealing with very tangible objects...We need more stories from women like [this]...[who] crave new experiences and knowledge and are frank about the compromises they have to make for their families. -- Outside Driven is an edgy memoir of cars, crises, and coming of age. -- Texas Observer

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Melissa Stephenson earned her BA in English from the University of Montana and her MFA in fiction from Texas State University. Her writing has appeared in such publications as the Rumpus, the Washington Post, and Zyzzyva. Driven is her first book. She lives in Missoula, Montana, with her two kids. Eileen Stevens is a voice-over actress living and working in New York City whose voice can be heard on cartoons, promos, programs for English-language learners, and audiobooks. She has voiced Iris on Pokemon. An Earphones Award-winning narrator, she has also directed and produced audiobooks for over six years.

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