Riding in Cars with Boys by Beverly Donofrio

I'm in it and I don't care about anything else. Eventually, she realizes that she and her son, separated in age by only 15 years, have grown from childhood to adulthood together. By turns laugh-out-loud hilarious and poignantly insightful, Riding in Cars with Boys is perfectly served by a bright, smart narration from Christina Moore. RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS (2001) is a bittersweet comedy about Bevs journey and her refusal to be defeated by the hardships she faces. From becoming a teenaged wife and mother through finally going to college and getting her life back in order, Donofrio faced one challenge after another in her ambivalent efforts to “grow up” as she raised her son. She was a “bad” girl, and her behavior soon got her into trouble-as in the pregnant kind of trouble. Riding in Cars With Boys Drama20072 hr 11 min Available on iTunes, CTV The fresh, funny, touching and true story of writer Beverly Donofrio (played by Drew Barrymore, who ages from 15 to 35 in the role), reveals her coming of age in the late 1960s and her whole life colored by an event that happened when she was 15. Her second memoir, Looking for Mary, or the Blessed Mother and Me, is about the Virgin Mary, faith and her own life as a mother. The book was made into a movie with the same title and starred Drew Barrymore as Donofrio. Once her strict family told her she couldn’t go to college, Beverly lost interest in everything except smoking, drinking, and rebelling against authority. Beverly Donofrio is an author most noted for writing Riding in Cars with Boys, an autobiographical account of her life. Riding in Cars with Boys-the basis of the hit movie starring Drew Barrymore-is her funny and touching account of growing up too fast in the 1960s. Bestselling author Beverly Donofrio is building a growing following of fans with her honest, moving accounts of experiences from her own colorful life. After failing to get into college, Beverly Donofrio loses interest in everything but riding around town in cars, drinking, smoking and rebelling against.

Riding in Cars with Boys by Beverly Donofrio