![]() ![]() Up until about the last 60 pages or so, the story is fairly straightforward coming-of-age tale with vivid imagery of the time period and lots of pondering about the past and what’s next. Remember, this is spoilers, spoilers, spoilers from here on out! So don’t read this unless you’ve finished the book. Once he steals Emmett’s car and heads up to New York, it completely delays Emmett’s and Billy’s plans.įrom there, we follow Emmett and Billy’s journey to regain the car and they meet an interesting cast of characters along the way. While Billy hopes they can find their mother in San Fransisco (even though she abandoned the family), Emmett believes they can get a fresh start with fixing and then selling houses (the original house flippers).īut Duchess made a mess of everything. ![]() This is their chance to leave behind Nebraska and its bad memories and try out California. Each of the main characters are at a crossroads of sorts and in a way, the Lincoln Highway serves as a getaway from their current, somewhat bleak situation. The Lincoln Highway is a coming-of-age tale about the transition from teenager to adulthood. ![]()
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