A review by oldrunningmom
Velva Jean Learns to Drive by Jennifer Niven

3.0

I thought this book, a coming of age book that takes place in 1930's Appalachia, held a lot of potential. Velva Jean marries her childhood crush, who reforms from a former "bad boy" to become a preacher, when she was 15. But her lifelong dream was to become a singer at the Grand Old Opry, which she has enough talent to achieve. There are a lot of subplots, and at times, I felt the book got a bit tedious. But it was an interesting story, and I hoped Velva Jean would triumph over her upbringing.