Gravel on the Side of the Road

True stories from a broad who has been there

Kris Radish

• Publisher: SparkPress
• Year: 2014
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781940716428
• Subtopic: Journalist Biographies
• Index: Social Sciences

A woman who worries about carrying a .38 special in her purse, nearly drowns in a desert canyon, flies into the war in Bosnia, dances with the FBI, tells Geraldo he shouldn't put guests in hotel rooms with rats and spends time with murderers, has more than a few stories to tell. Gravel on the Side of the Road: True Stories From a Broad Who Has Been There is a daring and revealing adventure itself. Beloved novelist Kris Radish returns to her non-fiction beginnings with her first book of autobiographical essays.

Table of contents

• Also by Kris Radish
• The Radish Broad’s Stories
• Introduction
• Jesus Drives a Thunderbird
• Even Now
• Turquoise Ring
• The Mothers in Bosnia
• Wong’s Silver Spur, Dead Deer, and the Dance-Floor Stabbing
• The Backseat of the Black Ford with the Red Ashtrays
• The Day They Sliced Me Open
• Spaghetti Dinner
• Salt and Pepper
• Soldier Boy
• Becky Barton
• On My Knees
• The Lump at 1:14 A.M.
• Trick or Treat
• They’re Just Kids for Hell’s Sake
• Paper Clips, Two-Sided Paper, My Penis Please
• Eudora Welty
• Canyon Walls
• Dancing with the FBI
• Death Sentence
• The Night of the Jackass
• Aunt Barbara’s Eyes
• It Used to Really Be Something
• The Friend I Never Met Because They Killed Her
• But Geraldo’s Head Is So Damn Big
• Drowning in Lava Falls
• I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up
• The Little Girl and the Tomatoes
• Traveling North
• Oh My Susie
• I’ve Picked Out My Husband’s New Wife
• Jan Graham’s Bra
• Eskimos on the Cliff
• Savage, Savage Hearts
• The Day We Almost Died
• The One Thing I Wanted
• Daughter Love and Shopping
• I Will Always Be Their Mother
• About the Author