the woman in the green coat

the woman in the green coatI took my coat, cameras, GPS and laptop on an RV trip from one side of the US (SF) to the other (NY) over a period of two months. (When I said I wanted to see the world I didn't mean a cross country race, but what a race!) This book has a punk philosophy of life, a lick and stick, pick your own adventure feel, without all the naive, quasi militant answers. What punk is gonna be when it grows up; new depth and alternative meanings. The narrative is

I took my coat, cameras, GPS and laptop on an RV trip from one side of the US (SF) to the other (NY) over a period of two months. (When I said I wanted to see the world I didn't mean a cross-country race, but what a race!) This book has a punk philosophy of life, a lick and stick, pick your own adventure feel, without all the naive, quasi-militant answers. What punk is gonna be when it grows up; new depth and alternative meanings. The narrative is voiced by the woman in the green coat. She is cheerful, lively and vigorous and trusts herself, certain of who she is and what she stands for. There are a number of subtexts running through the book including a musical 'soundtrack', a search for love, and the journey as a metaphor for self discovery. A significant part of the road trip is not only the idea of exploration but also the possibility of getting lost, and it is this uncertainty that creates the possibility of change.