Breakout
Breakout2003
About this book
A young woman presents a play based on her life as a seventeen-year-old runaway whose escape from her foster home in Los Angeles is thwarted by an all-day traffic jam, an event which provides time for her to explore her free-floating identity, hunger for her unknown mother, and yearning for human connection.
Details
- First published
- 2003
- OL Work ID
- OL13691W
Subjects
FictionRunawaysSelf-perceptionInterpersonal relationsTraffic congestionFoundlingsChildren's fictionSelf-esteem, fictionFoster home care, fictionLos angeles (calif.), fictionJuvenile fictionMissing persons