Author: Jamie Dopp. Published by Ekstasis Editions Canada, 2020, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inch, 274 pages. ย
DRIVING LESSONS, A Novel by Jamie Dopp, By turns tragic and wildly funny, is a Canadian coming-of-age novel in the rich tradition that runs from W. O. Mitchell to Miriam Toews.
Jamie Trotter is growing up in Waterloo, Ontario in the 1960s and 1970s. Outwardly he leads an ideal life: he has loving parents, goes to church and school, and plays hockey. When he is ten years old, however, a joke that backfires starts him on an unexpected path to self-discovery. Gradually, his life becomes more complicated. At age seventeen, his first love becomes entangled with doubts about religion and rebellion against his parents, and he is pushed towards a potentially life-altering decision.ย
