TY - SER KW - Italian Americans KW - road trips AU - Renee Manfredi AB - A road novel about a 20-something Pittsburgher, Sam Segretti, who flees the city to escape his girlfriend. When he reaches the first diner in West Virginia, he falls for Frannie, the just-fired waitress, and together they escape to North Carolina. C1 - 2000s C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh C4 - Literary; Romance; Road CY - San Francisco LA - English M3 - Novel N2 - A road novel about a 20-something Pittsburgher, Sam Segretti, who flees the city to escape his girlfriend. When he reaches the first diner in West Virginia, he falls for Frannie, the just-fired waitress, and together they escape to North Carolina. PB - MacAdam/Cage PP - San Francisco PY - 2006 RN - Renee Manfredi (1962— ), born and raised in Pittsburgh, studied at the University of Pittsburgh and earned her MFA at Indiana University, Bloomington. She lives in Seattle. EP - 377 p. TI - Running Away with Frannie ER -