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The song by Hal Ketchum "Mamma Knows The Highway By Heart" is mentioned in the book and has special meaning for
me.
A girl from Philly overcomes a series of horrors, four failed marriages, and one of the most painful illnesses in the
medical lexicon. In a harrowing introduction, we learn of appalling childhood abuse at the hands of her mother, and the discovery
of the battered body of her murdered father, a man she hardly knew. Murder and mayhem continue to haunt Bobbie when she hoins
the United States Army. The carnage that is Vietnam, where she serves as a medical specialist, propels her to the brink of
insanity.
But first and foremost, High Heels And 18 Wheels is the story of Bobbie's adventures on the road. After raising five
kids, and at the age of 42, she decides to become a truck driver, finding true freedom through guiding 18-wheelers the length
and breadth of America. Determined to hold on to her femininity in a man's world, she always keeps a pair of red stilettos
in the cabin of her truck, just in case there was an opportunity to go dancing. Bobbie tells of the fascinating characters
she meets with a feisty humor that even the awfulness of rape on the road fails to quash. In a kaleidoscope of excapades,
we meet Craw Daddy the cagey Cajun, Dollar Bill, Mud Flap, Lot Lizards, and even the Man Who Never Was.
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