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| Plot Summary of Ribbons of Highway: A Mother-Child Journey Across America |
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"The summer after September 11, a globetrotting writer and her two kids set off on a 12,000-mile road trip through their own country, discovering its majesty and humanity. They journeyed along back roads and byways, meeting people in America's downtowns and proud, quiet places. They explored the nation's outdoors, from one ocean to the other - bayous and rivers, deserts and mountains, forests and great lakes.
As they traveled, they learned about their country and about themselves, exploring the love and respect, sometimes subtly or silently manifested, that bind a mother and her two growing children to one another.
"Ribbons of Highway" is a celebration of America, family, and the freedom to pursue dreams and adventure."
Lori Hein, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Family, love
Yes
Special relationship with
- mother
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Road trip
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 10 ()
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- very happy
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- gentle
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- decency
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Autobiography?
Yes
How much dialogue in bio?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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