Beyond Words

What kind of person would dare buy that outrageous bumper sticker? How many drivers have strained their necks to get a look at the woman who put "My other car is a broom" on her car's bumper? Or actually hoped the light would turn red so they could see the man willing to offend the parking gods by putting "Meter maids eat their young" on his car?

What kind of person would dare buy that outrageous bumper sticker? How many drivers have strained their necks to get a look at the woman who put "My other car is a broom" on her car's bumper? Or actually hoped the light would turn red so they could see the man willing to offend the parking gods by putting "Meter maids eat their young" on his car?

Author Carol Gardner took to the road for two years collecting the most hilarious and intriguing bumper stickers in the United States and interviewing the people behind them. Bumper Sticker Wisdom: America's Pulpit Above the Tailpipe is an outrageously funny photo album of unlikely heroes and heroines.