I'll Ask You Three Times, Are You Ok?: Tales of Driving and Being Driven

by Naomi Shihab Nye

Book Overview

"I am a poet," I said. "It is my destiny to do strange things."

My father gripped the wheel of his car. "I am the chauffeur for foolishness."

We said no more.

Foolhardy missions. Life-altering conversations. Gifts--given and received. Loss. Getting lost. Wisdom delivered before dawn and deep into the night. Love and kissing (not necessarily in that order). Laughter. Rides on the edge. Roses. Ghosts.

As a traveling poet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060853921
• ISBN13: 9780060853921
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

I'll Ask You Three Times, Are You Okay?: Tales of Driving and Being Driven

This latest book by Naomi Shihab Nye is warm and funny and endlessly entertaining. It is always such a pleasure to be in the company of Naomi Nye as she looks at our world. In this collection of vignettes, Naomi takes us traveling across the US and around the world. From the back seats of taxis and the lobbies of hotels we encounter peculiar, heartwarming and just plan wacky taxi drivers and clerks. Human nature is the subject and in the hands of Ms. Nye it is fascinating. I recommend the friendship between a cat and his driver in San Antonio. Irresistable.