Library Journal review
of DRIVING WITH DEAD PEOPLE
for January 15th:

In this debut by a former actress using a pen name, Holloway recounts her childhood fascination with death, which led to a close friendship with the local undertaker's daughter. As teenagers, the two drove a hearse to pick up bodies at the airport. This is not just Holloway's story but also that of her older siblings, a brother and two sisters, who are all doomed by the hopeless combination of one neglectful and one abusive parent. The children grow into damaged adults, each responding differently to his or her shared difficulties-Holloway's brother through alcoholism and violence, one sister through total denial, the other sister through suicidal tendencies, and Holloway herself through an unwanted pregnancy. In summing up her life, Holloway relates how she seemingly waited forever for the cavalry to show up before finally realizing that, as the only financial and emotional salvation for her suicidal sister, she is the cavalry. Throughout, Holloway ingeniously presents her life via the theme of death. Recommended for larger public libraries.

— Dorris Douglass, Williamson Cty. P.L., Franklin, TN