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FREE SPIRIT: Growing Up On the Road and Off the Grid
“[A] BEAUTIFUL, POWERFUL MEMOIR. THIS ASSURED DEBUT IS REMINISCENT OF DAVID SEDARIS'S AND AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS'S BEST WORK: INTROSPECTIVE, HILARIOUS, AND HEARTBREAKING.”
        - Publishers Weekly  STARRED REVIEW  
“INSTANTLY CAPTIVATING, HEARTBREAKING, INSPIRING . . . [An] almost-too-crazy-to-be-true story. THIS BOOK IS NOTHING SHORT OF REMARKABLE.”
        - Elle Magazine, READERS' PRIZE PICKS
“With ENGAGING STORY AFTER STORY and a healthy dose of narrative tension throughout, SAFRAN ALL BUT TURNS THE PAGES FOR YOU.”
        - San Francisco Chronicle RECOMMENDED BOOKS

"SAFRAN OFFERS UP THE WOUNDS OF A FLOWER CHILD, AND EVERY FRAYED PETAL IS ASTONISHINGLY BEAUTIFUL.”
        - Gulf Stream

“FREE SPIRIT IS PROBABLY THE MOST POWERFUL BOOK THAT I HAVE READ IN A DECADE.”
         - Library at the End of the Universe
"A REMARKABLE ACCOUNT of survival despite the odds."
        - Kirkus Reviews
"TERRIFIC: a clear-eyed coming-of-age story."
        - San Jose Mercury News