Velva Jean Learns to Drive: Book 1 in the Velva Jean series

Author:   Jennifer Niven
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Volume:   1
ISBN:  

9780452289451


Pages:   432
Publication Date:   28 July 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Author:   Jennifer Niven
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:   Plume
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 13.10cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 20.50cm
Weight:   0.359kg
ISBN:  

9780452289451


ISBN 10:   0452289459
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   28 July 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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Niven creates a world long gone, a mountain past where people suffer failure, loss, and betrayal, as well as the strength and joy of connection and deep love. Velva Jean Learns to Drive takes us far into this soaring, emotional country, the place where our best music comes from. <br> -Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek <br> Velva Jean learns to . . . not only drive, but to soar. This beautifully written coming- of-age story captivated me, and I recommend it to anyone who has ever longed to 'live out there.' <br> -Ann B. Ross, author of the bestselling Miss Julia novels <br> It's a touching read, funny and wise, like a crazy blend of Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, a less morose Flannery O'Connor and maybe a shot of Hank Williams. <br> - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) <br> Jennifer Niven brings pre-World War II Appalachia to life in her spirited new novel... <br> - The Costco Connection <br> Velva Jean. ..feels very much like a homecoming. <br> - Star-New


Praise for Jennifer Niven and Her Novels A touching read, funny and wise, like a crazy blend of Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, a less morose Flannery O'Connor, and maybe a shot of Hank Williams...Niven makes some memorable moon-spun magic in her rich fiction debut. -Publishers Weekly (starred review) In this story Jennifer Niven creates a world long gone, a mountain past where people suffer failure, loss, and betrayal, as well as the strength and joy of connection and deep love. Velva Jean Learns to Drive takes us far into this soaring, emotional country, the place where our best music comes from. -Robert Morgan, bestselling author of The Road from Gap Creek and Gap Creek A fluid storyteller. -Wall Street Journal Velva Jean learns to...not only drive, but to soar. This beautifully written coming-of-age story captivated me, and I recommend it to anyone who has ever longed to 'live out there.' -Ann B. Ross, author of the bestselling Miss Julia novels Spirited. -Parade If [Niven] continues to create female characters as strong, as fallible and as appealing as Velva Jean, she has a grand career ahead of her. -Wilmington Star News Velva Jean makes a charming, bright-eyed narrator (bringing to mind that other delightful young rural protagonist: Scout of To Kill a Mockingbird). -The Christian Science Monitor The novel takes hold of your imagination and refuses to let go-even long after you've read the last page. -Costco (Pennie's Book Pick of the Month)


Praise for Velva Jean Learns to Drive A touching read, funny and wise, like a crazy blend of Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, a less morose Flannery O'Connor, and maybe a shot of Hank Williams . . . Niven makes some memorable moon-spun magic in her rich fiction debut. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) In this story Jennifer Niven creates a world long gone, a mountain past where people suffer failure, loss, and betrayal, as well as the strength and joy of connection and deep love. Velva Jean Learns to Drive takes us far into this soaring, emotional country, the place where our best music comes from. --Robert Morgan, bestselling author of The Road from Gap Creek and Gap Creek A fluid storyteller. -- Wall Street Journal Velva Jean learns to . . . not only drive, but to soar. This beautifully written coming-of-age story captivated me, and I recommend it to anyone who has ever longed to 'live out there.' --Ann B. Ross, author of the bestselling Miss Julia novels Spirited. -- Parade


Niven creates a world long gone, a mountain past where people suffer failure, loss, and betrayal, as well as the strength and joy of connection and deep love. Velva Jean Learns to Drive takes us far into this soaring, emotional country, the place where our best music comes from. <br> -Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek <br><br> Velva Jean learns to . . . not only drive, but to soar. This beautifully written coming- of-age story captivated me, and I recommend it to anyone who has ever longed to 'live out there.' <br> -Ann B. Ross, author of the bestselling Miss Julia novels<br><br> It's a touching read, funny and wise, like a crazy blend of Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, a less morose Flannery O'Connor and maybe a shot of Hank Williams. <br> - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)<br><br> Jennifer Niven brings pre-World War II Appalachia to life in her spirited new novel... <br> - The Costco Connection <br><br> Velva Jean ...feels very much like a homecoming. <br> - Star-News <br><br> . ..it is not hard to enjoy the romance of images like the one that opens the book: a little girl, pondering questions of salvation, tucked up in bed under the tin roof of a narrow house, with the 'high, lonesome cry' of a panther in the background. <br> - Christian Science Monitor <br><br><br><br>


Praise for Jennifer Niven and Her Novels A touching read, funny and wise, like a crazy blend of Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, a less morose Flannery O'Connor, and maybe a shot of Hank Williams...Niven makes some memorable moon-spun magic in her rich fiction debut. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) In this story Jennifer Niven creates a world long gone, a mountain past where people suffer failure, loss, and betrayal, as well as the strength and joy of connection and deep love. Velva Jean Learns to Drive takes us far into this soaring, emotional country, the place where our best music comes from. --Robert Morgan, bestselling author of The Road from Gap Creek and Gap Creek A fluid storyteller. --Wall Street Journal Velva Jean learns to...not only drive, but to soar. This beautifully written coming-of-age story captivated me, and I recommend it to anyone who has ever longed to 'live out there.' --Ann B. Ross, author of the bestselling Miss Julia novels Spirited. --Parade If [Niven] continues to create female characters as strong, as fallible and as appealing as Velva Jean, she has a grand career ahead of her. --Wilmington Star News Velva Jean makes a charming, bright-eyed narrator (bringing to mind that other delightful young rural protagonist: Scout of To Kill a Mockingbird). --The Christian Science Monitor The novel takes hold of your imagination and refuses to let go--even long after you've read the last page. --Costco (Pennie's Book Pick of the Month)


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Jennifer Niven is the New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places and Holding Up the Universe, as well as the popular Velva Jean series. She is also the author of several non-fiction books, including Ada Blackjack, The Aqua-Net Diaries, and The Ice Master, which was named a top non-fiction book by Entertainment Weekly. Her New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places is soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning. Although she grew up in Indiana, she now lives with her fiancé and literary cats in Los Angeles, which remains her favorite place to wander.

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