Gonzalez and Daughter Trucking Co. : A Road Novel with Literary License (Paperback)

from JillKB

I wish I had discovered the glossary of trucker's terms at the end of the book earlier -- it would have been helpful. But I enjoyed learning about life in women's prison in Mexico and the life of a trucker.

from whitreidtan

Libertad, an American citizen, is incarcerated in a Mexican women's prison for a crime that she is unable to articulate to the other inmates. What she can and does do, is to start a Library Club within the prison where she ostensibly reads to the inmates. But she's not reading the battered books ...

from yourotherleft

Libertad Gonazalez, ironically, is in Mexican prison. Even more ironically, it's the first time she's ever had female friends and a home that's not on wheels. Finding an unlikely family in the cells of the Mexicali Penal Institution for Women with its bizarre class structure and warden with a hea...

from BookConcierge

A compelling story, even if it leaves loose threads. Lots of vivid imagery. A passionate, "Mexican" story.

from rfewell

A father/daughter lifetime road trip!