Riding in Cars with Boys: Confessions of a Bad Girl Who Makes Good

Beverly Donofrio. Penguin Books, $15 (208pp) ISBN 978-0-14-015629-4

Donofrio, a rebellious policeman's daughter, details her promiscuity and drug abuse, early pregnancy and brief marriage, and eventual success as a freelance journalist. ``In this humor-flecked, street-side view of her unconventional life, Donofrio . . . writes about a mother and her son coming of age together,'' said PW. (Jan.)

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