Joanne

Joanne, a long time Albuquerque resident, moved to Denver in 2000 and retired from Dex Media (US West Yellow Pages) 4 years ago. Over her 20 year career with Dex she sold yellow pages, trained on how to sell yellow pages, and managed those who did. Her son, Aaron, and his wife, Casey, returned to Albuquerque and so she did too in anticipation of Levi's arrival because she knew they would need help. Two years ago she convinced Nancy to hire her as back up counter help and the job has grown since then. Currently, she orders and designs signage and newsletters for the store. Her husband, Jack, says she is on the computer constantly from early morning to late at night.

 

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By Bo Caldwell
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780156027137
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mariner Books, 09/01/2002

By Alexandra Fuller
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780143115373
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 04/01/2009

I have just added The Legend of Colton H. Bryant by Alexandra Fuller to my Top Picks of 2009. The book, a biography set in Wyoming, is a must read mainly because I found Fuller's words to be thought stopping. Her very first sentence did just that. Stopped my thoughts: "This is the story of Colton H. Bryant and the land that grew him." The land that grew him. Hmmm. Not the land where he grew up, not the land he had come to know, not the land that he called home, not the land where he was born, but the land that grew him. In that one sentence she sets the pace and parameters of the story she will tell. We understand there is a partnership that will unfold between this land and that boy. We know that the author is comfortable with the vernacular. We know she will spin this tale as an old timer would, sparsely put, straight forward, and will be accepting of the idiosyncrasies of both land and boy. We suspect that we are in the hands of an expert. And as it turns out, we are.

Recommended by Joanne.


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By Drew Perry
$25.95

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City of Thieves (Paperback)

By David Benioff
$15.00

A good companion read to also recommended Away: City of Thieves is also set during the depravation of WWII but this time in Stalingrad and another quest story too. Two-men must find a dozen eggs for the wedding cake of a Party official's daughter--an impossible task, or not? At times grizzly, but ultimately a triumph and one of my favorite paperback novels of the year.