Synopsis
GIRLS ON THE RUN is Dorothy Rice Bennett's second novel. Jennifer and Stacy are young and both, for different reasons, on the run. Meeting at a truck stop, they form an unlikely alliance and cross the country together. Reaching a stopping place, they try to build lives-and to figure out what their relationship means and what to do about it. . . .
In the middle of the night, 23-year old Jennifer Halston speeds west on I-70. A phone call had warned her to flee from Pittsburgh. Now she does not know what to do and just keeps driving her faded Chevy Nova-while her blue eyes search the rearview mirror with fear that she is being followed. At a truck stop in Ohio, Jennifer notices a young woman climbing down from a truck cab. Later she sees her again standing by the roadside with a thumb up. After hesitating a moment, Jen decides to offer her a ride. And thus she meets Stacy Stevens, a short, stocky ex-soldier with spiky hair and a duffle bag over her shoulder. Stacy, 26, angry and running from rejection by her family and the Army, is openly a lesbian. After Jennifer recovers from her initial shock, she realizes that Stacy is a decent person and that she doesn't care about her being gay. Soon Stacy reassures Jen that the toughs pursuing her in Pittsburgh, after an altercation in a bar, are not likely to be chasing her now that she has left their turf. Jennifer gradually calms down but continues driving west. Stacy and Jennifer form a tentative alliance and forge a path across the United States. Jennifer has limited funds; Stacy knows how to camp, so they sleep under the stars. Brought up in a large farm family, Stacy exudes confidence; Jennifer, an only child whose parents died when she was a teenager, is fearful. Yet comfort gradually grows between them as they reach a destination and pursue new lives.
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About the Author
Dorothy Rice Bennett began writing stories in grade school. Having earned four college degrees, she had two careers: as a family therapist and a journalist. Once married and the mother of an adopted daughter, she now lives with her partner and two toy poodles on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. GIRLS ON THE RUN is her second novel, following last year's NORTH COAST: A Contemporary Love Story.
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They give each other a passing glance at an Ohio truck stop.Jennifer is driving west, escaping from threatened harm in Pittsburgh. Stacy ishitching to California, running from being rejected as a lesbian by themilitary and her family. Entranced by the tall, blue-eyed blonde, Stacy sticksout a thumb, and after a moment's hesitation, Jennifer offers a ride to thestocky young woman with the spiked hair. Jennifer has no clue where she isheaded; Stacy wants to reach San Francisco. They continue west together, and asmiles and terrains slip by, the two forge a tentative friendship despite vastdifferences between them.
When they eventually arrive in the City by the Bay, it seemsnatural to continue pooling their resources for a small apartment while lookingfor jobs. Yet, as weeks pass, Stacy longs to explore San Francisco's famed homosexualcommunity, where she can meet other lesbians for fun, sex, and love. Jennifer,although attractive to her, is straight and off limits. For Jen, the future is an unwritten book, but thearrival of a friend from home pushes her into the dating world--something forwhich she is largely unprepared.
Despite personal successes in their new world and their deepliking for each other, growing conflict over their lifestyles threatens toforce Stacy and Jennifer apart.
GIRLS ON THE RUN explores families, friendship, sexuality, and the role of destiny in our lives.
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