![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. ![]() Little does she know, as she finally strikes out on her own, that her parents' biggest betrayal has yet to be revealed. Small wonder that, at nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a fascination with the local funeral home. ![]() In time, Monica and Julie get a job driving the company hearse to pick up bodies from the airport, yet even Monica's growing independence can't protect her from her parents' irresponsibility, and from the feeling that she simply does not deserve to be safe. She and Julie preferred the casket showroom to the parks and grassy backyards in her hometown of Elk Grove, Ohio, where they would take turns lying in their favourite coffins. In between her father's bouts of violence and abuse, Monica becomes fast friends with Julie Kilner, whose father is the town mortician. Small wonder, with a father who drives his Ford pick up with a Kodak movie camera sitting shotgun just in case he sees an accident, and whose home movies feature more footage of disasters than of his children. At nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a fascination with the local funeral home. Driving with Dead People: A Memoir Kindle Edition by Monica Holloway (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 137 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 9.09 58 Used from 0.65 10 New from 5.99 5 Collectible from 8. ![]()
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