Emma Kennedy is exactly the same in print as when she appears on TV. I think she won the UK celebrity masterchef. She appears as slightly nutty and her book is the same. It tells of how her and a friend, after university head off to San Francisco, stay with Emma's very tight-fisted cousin and then head off without the tent they have just bought...across the USA where they are in the main met by lovely kind and friendly people as Americans are...and one or two total nutters.It's fast paced, witty and all told with Kennedy's self-deprecating and charming style.Easy read and really good fun and it has travel in it. I don't know what it is about Emma Kennedy, but I love her voice. It's a hilarious story of two girls' trip to America on basically a wish and a prayer. They suppose they'll get jobs on Day One, but it turns out it isn't that easy and they've only got $700 between them to keep them alive. Hijinks, of course, ensue. A crazy amusing cross-country tale with a few really profound emotional moments that most of us have experienced in one way or another. It's a coming of age story that makes me want to take a road trip, though I think I'll start out with a little more cash. And the #1 rule in America: Don't forget the loose change.
Really well written, hilarious, catastrophic and really enjoyable!!!! I loved this book!!!!
—Cort
Very funny . I laughed out loud. A very good book and an ideal holiday book
—Ciru
Thoroughly enjoyed this, really made me laugh and wonder was it all true!
—Brooke
Another very funny one from Emma Kennedy!
—mikejr
Never hit its stride
—anahki
