Mary Jo Walker was married for the first time at age 17, and has since gone through three more husbands and numerous boyfriends. Everytime a relationship fails, the free-spirited Mary Jo takes to the road with her foul-mouthed, 12-year-old daughter, Ava, in search of a new home, new love and a new life. Leaving yet another abusive relationship behind her, Mary Jo finally heads for the picture-perfect suburbs of Starlight Beach, near San Diego. Mary Jo lands a position at job security company, and Ava enrolls in school where she makes friends easily. Ava hopes that she and her mother can actually live by themselves, without the destructive presence of another ill-chosen boyfriend. Mary Jo, however, soon hooks-up with a brawny truck driver, Jack Ranson, who they met on the road to California, When Mary Jo and Jack's ill-fat[ZiYuantun.Com]ed relationship begins to deteriorate, she is tempted to hit the road again--much to the chagrin of her daughter who, for once in her life, begins to feel rooted. 译文(2): 玛丽 · 乔 · 沃克在17岁时第一次结婚，此后又结过三次婚，交过无数男朋{资源屯-ziyuantun.com}。每当一段感情破裂，自由奔放的玛丽 · 乔就会带着满嘴脏话的12岁女儿艾娃出门，寻找新的家、新的爱情和新的生活。离开了另一段虐待关系，Mary Jo 最终前往圣地亚哥附近星光海滩的完美郊区。玛丽 · 乔在就业保障公司找到了一份工作，艾娃进入了一所很容易交到朋友的学校。艾娃希望她和她的母亲能够真正地独自生活，而不是在破坏性的存在，另一个选择不当的男朋友。然而 Mary Jo 很快就和一个强壮的卡车司机 Jack Ranson 勾搭上了，他们是在去加利福尼亚的路上认识的。当 Mary Jo 和 Jack 不幸的关系开始恶化时，她就想再次上路了——这让她的女儿非常懊恼，因为在她的一生中，这一次，她开始感到根深蒂固。
