by RachelSimon (Author)
Beth is a spirited woman with mental retardation, who spends nearly every day riding the buses in Philadelphia. The drivers, a lively group, are her mentors; her fellow passengers are her community. When Beth asks her sister Rachel to accompany her on the buses for one year, they take a transcendent journey together that changes Rachel's life in incredible ways and leads her to accept her sister at long last--teaching her to slow down and enjoy the ride.Full of life lessons from which any reader will profit, Riding the Bus with My Sister is a heartwarming, life-affirming journey through both the present and the past...[that] might just change your life (Boston Herald)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: Reissue
Publisher: Plume Books
Published: Sep 2003
ISBN 10: 0452284554
ISBN 13: 9780452284555