Leigh Fielding wants a life. Seriously. Having spent the past five years on dialysis, she has one simple wish: to make it to her thirtieth birthday. Now, thanks to the generosity of the late Larry Resnick and his transplanted kidney, it looks like her wish may come true.<br><br>With her newfound vitality (and Larry's kidney) in tow, Leigh hits the road for an excursion that will carry her from Wisconsin to California, with a few stops in between: Mount Rushmore, the Badlands, the Rockies, Las Vegas–and a memorable visit to thank Larry's family for the second chance.<br><br>Yet Leigh's itinerary takes a sudden detour when she picks up a seventeen-year-old hitchhiker, Denise, a runaway with a bunch of stories and a couple of secrets. Add a long-lost mother, a loaded gun, an RV full of swingers, and Hall and Oates's Greatest Hits to the mix, and<i> Driving Sideways</i> becomes a hilarious and original journey of friendship, hope, and discovery.<br><br><br><b><u>Praise for <i>Driving Sideways:</i></u></b><br><br>“Driving Sideways is a gorgeous novel . . . hugely entertaining and very touching. Jess Riley's voice is irreverent and wonderful, and her writing is genius.”<br>–Marian Keyes, author of <i>Anybody Out There?</i><br><br>"A hopeful and hilarious debut ... Jess Riley may well be my new favorite author." –Jen Lancaster, author of <i>Bitter is the New Black<b><br></b></i><br>“Brilliant . . . Jess Riley proves herself a huge new talent.”<br>–Kristy Kiernan, author of <i>Catching Genius</i>