Driftwood is a 2014 novel written by Elizabeth Dutton and her debut novel. [1] It was first published through Skyhorse Publishing on November 4, 2014, and centers on Clem Jasper, who goes on a California road trip after her father dies. [2]
Driftwood is a 2014 novel written by Elizabeth Dutton and her debut novel. [1] It was first published through Skyhorse Publishing on November 4, 2014, and centers on Clem Jasper, who goes on a California road trip after her father dies. [2]
The book follows Clem Jasper, a young woman in her late twenties that has become bored with her life in Los Angeles, California. The daughter of a famous rock musician, Clem's life is forever altered when her father dies suddenly, prompting her to take a road trip after finding a series of sealed letters he left behind.
WKAR-FM wrote a review for Driftwood, praising Dutton's writing and stating that she "has a real skill for creating realistic characters." [3] The SchoolLibrary Journal and Booklist also reviewed the work, [4] the former of which writing "Nothing terribly startling happens in this debut novel, but Clem is an appealing narrator with a terrific and distinctive voice, and her observations about the various locales in California are snarky and spot-on." [5] The Wall Street Journal was mixed in their opinion, stating that it "is an entertaining, if predictable, look at the absurdities of life on the West Coast". [6]
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