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Trainsong by Jan Kerouac
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Trainsong (edition 1998)

by Jan Kerouac (Author), Gerald Nicosia (Introduction)

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On the road with Jack Kerouac's reckless, spirited daughter Jan. Haunted by her famous father's legend, Jan Kerouac travels to Oregon, Casablanca, Tangier, London, New York, California, and Mexico as she collects lovers and husbands, indulges in drugs and drink, spends time in odd jobs and jail cells, and keeps the Beat flame alive. 16 photos.… (more)
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Title:Trainsong
Authors:Jan Kerouac (Author)
Other authors:Gerald Nicosia (Introduction)
Info:Thunder's Mouth Press (1998), Edition: Reprint, 260 pages
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This picks up where Baby Driver left off, chronicling Jan's adult life. Here is a more mature Jan, writing this memoir later in life - she comes to grips with her lineage and the absent love of an absent father. That is basically what Jan's two books are about - they are very honest stories about a woman searching for love, acceptance, and approval from men because she never received it from her father. It's tragic that she died in her mid-forties with only two books published and one on the way - she was definitely on her way to defining her position in the literary world as a unique, original voice.
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On the road with Jack Kerouac's reckless, spirited daughter Jan. Haunted by her famous father's legend, Jan Kerouac travels to Oregon, Casablanca, Tangier, London, New York, California, and Mexico as she collects lovers and husbands, indulges in drugs and drink, spends time in odd jobs and jail cells, and keeps the Beat flame alive. 16 photos.

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