She arrives back in Chicago both braver and wiser.
While Jenna educates herself in the ways of big business and dealing with difficult people, she also ruminates about her alcoholic father, her ailing grandmother and her mom and sister waiting at home. During the road trip Jenna gets a chance to demonstrate her passion for shoe salesmanship at various Gladstone stores she also learns of Elden Gladstone's plan to push his mother aside in favor of a major merger. Madeline Gladstone, the imposing president of the shoe store chain, from Chicago to Dallas for an important shareholders meeting. Even better, she's been tapped to drive Mrs. She's just received her driver's license and she loves her job at Gladstone's Shoe Store.
Sixteen-year-old Jenna Boller has the world by the tail. Bauer's novel about an earnest teenager who chauffeurs a crabby, wealthy woman has the underpinnings of a quirky Driving Miss Daisy, but the story quickly runs out of gas.
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