1. Donofrio's Unique Life Is, at Last, a Film - Los Angeles Times
19 okt 2001 · “Riding in Cars” tells the story of Donofrio's teenage pregnancy, hasty marriage and years of struggling to keep things together financially and emotionally.
When Beverly Donofrio was growing up in a working-class neighborhood in Wallingford, Conn., in the 1960s, she would never have imagined that her life story would one day be "a major motion picture from Columbia Pictures starring Drew Barrymore."
2. Beverly Donofrio Essay - Surviving Painful Things - Oprah.com
At age 55, she woke up with a knife-wielding stranger in her bed. And yet Beverly Donofrio has taken the worst kind of pain and transformed it into light.
She's been busted flat, thrown in jail, left to raise her kid alone...and hit by a car. At age 55, she woke up with a knife-wielding stranger in her bed. And yet Beverly Donofrio has taken the worst kind of pain and transformed it into light. How? Well, not by feeling sorry for herself.
3. Donofrio, Beverly 1950- | Encyclopedia.com
Born 1950; daughter of a police officer father and a clerk and factory worker mother; divorced; children: Jason. Education: Wesleyan University, B.A., 1978; ...
Donofrio, Beverly 1950-PERSONAL:Born 1950; daughter of a police officer father and a clerk and factory worker mother; divorced; children: Jason. Education: Wesleyan University, B.A., 1978; Columbia University, M.A., 1983. Religion: Roman Catholic.ADDRESSES:Home—San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. E-mail—bevdono@yahoo.com. Source for information on Donofrio, Beverly 1950-: Contemporary Authors dictionary.
4. Media - Beverly Donofrio
Media: A selection of essays, interviews, book reviews, audio and video written by or featuring memoirist Beverly Donofrio.
5. Arts and Living | Riding in Cars with Boys fails in the delivery room
Donofrio, a star student in high school, watched her dreams of going to New York University derail as she faced the reality of being a teenage wife and mother.
OK, I'll admit that I reviewed this movie with a distinct bias. "Riding in Cars with Boys" is based on Beverly Donofrio's memoir, which I have read. In her book, Donofrio details how she became pregnant at 15 and married her baby's father, a high school dropout named Ray. Donofrio, a star student in high school, watched her dreams of going to New York University derail as she faced the reality of being a teenage wife and mother. The novel is both compassionate and warm. Donofrio discusses her strengths and weaknesses with a witty candor that both engages and entertains the reader.
6. Hollywood hypocrisy | Salon.com
1 nov 2001 · But Donofrio's true story -- as she tells it in her book -- shows how much she and her son end up being alike as adults. Like his mother, Jason ...
"Riding in Cars With Boys," the uplifting memoir of a teenage mom done good, is twisted into a smarmy fable designed to promote abstinence-only sex education.
7. Riding in Cars with Boys | The JH Movie Collection's Official Wiki
19 okt 2001 · Jason reveals that he will transfer in order to be with Amelia and apologizes to Bev for ruining her life. Bev softens and tells Jason that she ...
Riding in Cars with Boys is a 2001 American biographical film based on the autobiography of the same name by Beverly Donofrio, about a woman who overcame difficulties, including being a teen mother, and who later earned a master's degree. The movie's narrative spans the years 1961 to 1986. It stars Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, and James Woods. It was the last film directed by Penny Marshall. Although the film is co-produced by Beverly Donofrio, many of its details differ from the
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19 okt 2001 · "Riding in Cars" tells the story of Donofrio's teenage pregnancy, hasty marriage and years of struggling to keep things together financially and emotionally.
"Riding in Cars With Boys," a Film currently in General Release, starring Drew Barrymore, is based on an autobiographical book by Beverly Donofrio who grew up the daughter of an Italian American Police Chief in a working-class neighborhood in Wallingford, Conn., in the 1960s, as a good girl surviving bad situations by believing "that which doesn't kill you makes you want to die," "Riding in Cars" tells the story of Donofrio's teenage pregnancy, hasty marriage and years of struggling to keep things together financially and emotionally. (Barrymore plays her in the film.) When her husband, Ray Hasek, becomes a drug addict, Beverly leaves him and then raises her son, Jason, alone. She's hardly more than a child herself, and the story alternates between comedy and pathos.
9. Beverly Donofrio - Facebook
The official fan page of Beverly Donofrio, author of Riding in Cars with Boys, Looking for Mary, and the upcoming Astonished: A Story of Evil, Blessings, Grace ...
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10. The Friend That Got Away - Longreads
16 mrt 2018 · When I was 60, Jason and Sophie found each other on Facebook. ... Beverly Donofrio is the author of three memoirs: the New York Times ...
Beverly Donofrio looks back on a friendship she hadn't expected to make — or to lose.
11. Riding in Cars with Boys (Film) - TV Tropes
... Jason and Amelia's conceptions. Based on a True Story: Beverly Donofrio ... She's dressed in an unattractive pink wedding/maternity gown, her groom Ray is ...
A 2001 drama film and the final one directed by Penny Marshall, based on Beverly Donofrio's bestselling memoir of the same name. A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965. The story follows her through …
12. Riding in Cars with Boys Directed by Penny Marshall | Reviews
24 feb 2024 · son Jason, and Fay's daughter Amelia. The movie flashes back and ... Beverly is a good student and daughter before she tells her parents that she ...
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13. The Astonishing Beverly Donofrio | Books & Authors | Hudson Valley
1 jun 2014 · Beverly Donofrio is butting heads with herself. Young Bev and Older Bev are characters in a play the bestselling memoirist is writing, and they don't agree on ...
Nina Shengold talks with Woodstock-based memoirist Beverly Donofrio about her spiritual quest in her latest book, Astonished.
14. Jason Hasek - Michelle Brown - Prezi
(1990). Parents' unresolved traumatic experiences are related to infant disorganized attachment status: Is frightened/frightening parental behavior the linking ...
"Riding in Cars with Boys" and Attachment
15. Riding in Cars with Boys: celebrating a flawed heroine - Girls Do Film
14 aug 2015 · ... wedding, that she is pregnant too. The two girls, ostracised by ... Jason and Fay's daughter Amelia fall in love.
Hollywood has a problem with women. The lack of strong female leads is well documented, less so the issues with the leads that do make it to the screen. After all, criticising what gets to the scre…
16. How Riding in Cars with Boys Captures Single Motherhood
6 mrt 2023 · So she tenaciously pursues her GED while Jason is still in diapers. ... is of his knocked-up daughter at her own wedding. Then there's Ray ...
A feature on 2001's Riding in Cars with Boys and how it addresses single motherhood in a way that feels messy and true.
17. Favorite things about… Riding in Cars with Boys - The Motion Pictures
22 nov 2012 · The film is based on the memoir of Beverly Donofrio and was adapted for the screen by Morgan Ward. ... Donofrio (to newborn Jason): “Your mother's ...
The favorite film: Riding in Cars with Boys, a 2001 comedy/drama from Columbia Pictures. The synopsis: Bev was born in 1950 and grew up in a working-class family. She’s bright, talented and f…
18. Holy Hell! Riding in Cars with Boys Turns 20 - Spectrum Culture
16 jun 2021 · “Ah, parents and the damage they can do. Sometimes it's endless.” But we have no idea yet just the amount of damage Jason is referring to. “You ...
While the film was made in the shadow of ‘90s coming-of-age films, Riding in Cars with Boys remains an eye-opening look into just how many times a woman can be failed by the men in her life.
