Wild ride is a rollicking romp through a few incredible days and nights as Jessi Bell chases her fortune across Virginia and into North Carolina. The story is deceptively simple, Jessi has a winning lottery ticket which has fallen from her pocket in her boyfriend's car. however, the couple has since broken up, the car has been sold, and that's only the beginning of the complications the heroine must overcome on her way to riches or rags.

The genius of the book lies in the subtle interplay between chance, choice, and the caprices of whatever higher powers might exist. Jessi finds herself asking questions in a closet but is it prayer or delusion? The form of the being who answers her call all but demands a sequel.

The author brings wit and a lively philosophy to life on the pages of this delightful book. Layering characters who expose gender and racial stereotypes and then turn those stereotypes on end, Ms. Thompson's confident writing carries the reader to questions that are almost too deep to be entertaining. But story trumps in the end and philosophy has never been so much fun.