Jess Riley proves herself a huge new talent. Driving Sideways Posted on by J I decided to take a break from my Reading Challenge books, and pick up a copy of Driving Sideways, the first published novel of my bloggy friend, Jess Riley. Jess Riley may well be my new favorite author.' –Jen Lancaster, author of Bitter is the New Black

–Marian Keyes, author of Anybody Out There?

Jess Riley may well be my new favorite author. Jess Rileys voice is irreverent and wonderful, and her writing is genius.-Marian Keyes, author of Anybody Out There 'A hopeful and hilarious debut. Jess Riley’s voice is irreverent and wonderful, and her writing is genius.” Praise for Driving Sideways: Driving Sideways is a gorgeous novel. Utterly charming, romantic, and beautifully written, Something New is the story of three generations of mothers and. Steve Berry The Amber Room, Steve Barry Digital Fortress, Dan Brown Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen Driving Sideways, Jess Riley The Four Agreements. Add a long-lost mother, a loaded gun, an RV full of swingers, and Hall and Oates’s Greatest Hits to the mix, and Driving Sideways becomes a hilarious and original journey of friendship, hope, and discovery. 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. 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. Now, thanks to the generosity of the late Larry Resnick and his transplanted kidney, it looks like her wish may come true.

Having spent the past five years on dialysis, she has one simple wish: to make it to her thirtieth birthday.

Driving Sideways by Jess Riley