{"product_id":"baby-driver-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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681379739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Jan Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51730234704053,"sku":"9781681379739","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1eea7e1c-047a-44e0-8bc7-d06864a39fec.jpg?v=1758004637","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/baby-driver-9781681379739","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}