In this collection of 36 poems for young adults, Janet Wong looks at driving as a metaphor for life. Through poems that range in subject from passing the written driver's test and borrowing the car to parallel parking and being pulled over by a cop, to car accidents and romance in the backseat, Wong succeeds in touching on all subjects of interest to adolescents - love, death. hopes and dreams. For a somewhat older audience than her previous collections, Wong's new collection is contemporary and honest.
