Beth is a spirited woman with mental retardation, who spends nearly every day riding the buses in Philadelphia. The drivers, a lively group, are her mentors; her fellow passengers are her community. When Beth asks her sister Rachel to accompany her on the buses for one year, they take a transcendent journey together that changes Rachel's life in incredible ways and leads her to accept her sister at long last-teaching her to slow down and enjoy the ride.

Bookcrossing: n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.
- from the Concise Oxford English Dictionary

This book is going to be released at the BCinDC convention. I just wish I could have come in person!

This book will be released at the 2011 BookCrossing Convention.

Picked up from the Book Buffet at the 2011 Bookcrossing Convention.

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I picked this book up mainly as a joke, so I could show it to MrPloppy. We used to watch The Gilmour Girls, and in one of the episodes they're watching the TV adaptation of this book, so of course I had to take it home to him :-)

I ended up reading it, though, and it's not bad. Some of the wisdom the author receives from the bus drivers is a bit too pat to be believable, but her exploration of what it means for an adult with disabilities to live independently is interesting, as are her memories of how her family coped (or failed to cope) with having a disabled child.

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Given to another bookcrosser at Tuesday's meetup.

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