Carpool

By Mary Cahill

Book Overview

"Entertaining...Jenny Jeade, the housewife heroine...careens through suburbia, one step ahead of a nervous breakdown." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Today she's a hassled suburban Mom, but a few years ago, Jenny Meade worked as a pilot in a private delivery service she ran with her father. She's been grounded on account of the dangers above, but the dangers below threaten her life when she discovers a dead body hanging from a tree in a park. Suicide seems to explain everything, but Jenny and part-time detective Tom Black Cloud are not convinced. And as she struggles to forget the fantasies of flying, Jenny accelerates headling toward domestic drama and an international incident with echoes from her past and a warning for her future.... From the Paperback edition.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679404775
• ISBN13: 9780679404774
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Humor Is Very Original

This is the author's first novel and the book has many strengths ,although too much space is given to peripheral issues such as the protagonist's sagging marriage and her desire to return to flying. The humor is very original, however, and that is enough to make it an enjoyable reading experience.

A book that hits so close to home

This book would have been great without the murder mystery. I can relate so well to the insanity that this woman is going through. Funny and touching.