Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me

"How much do we really know about where we came from, and how we are affected by the popular culture that we’re exposed to? Salon Editor-in-Chief Erin Keane explores those questions in her fascinating memoir about her mother, who ran away from home as a teenager. It’s a compelling story enriched by Keane’s original takes on everything from Gilmore Girls to Return of the Jedi. Memoirs this smart and absorbing don’t come around all the time."