Like Jack Kerouac's On the Road. In a Volvo. With a dead friend's ashes!
Following the death of their friend, two girls in their late twenties embark on a road trip to spread his ashes. Seph and Alex take turns driving. Dan is in the glove compartment, in tupperware, decreasing in volume as the trip progresses.
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