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From the actor and writer Ethan Hawke: a piercing novel of love, marriage, and renewal.Jimmy is AWOL from the army, but--with characteristic fierceness and terror--he's about to embark on the biggest commitment of his life. Christy is pregnant with Jimmy's child, and she's determined to head home, with or without Jimmy, to face up to her past and prepare for the future. Somehow, barreling across America from Albany to New Orleans to Ohio and Texas in a souped-up Chevy Nova, Christy and Jimmy are transformed from passionate but conflicted lovers into a young family on a magnificent journey.…
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6 editions- Paperback · English · 2003Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · 288 pages · 9780747561552
- Ebook · English · 2002Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9781400040117
- Audiobook · English · 2002New Millennium Press · 9781590072509
- Hardcover · English · 2002Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · 240 pages · 9780747560036
- Other · English · 2003Vintage · 240 pages · 9780375718854
- Other · English · 2002Knopf · 221 pages · 9780375413261
FictionUnmarried couplesAutomobile travelAbsence without leaveSoldiersPregnant womenFiction, general