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Book Review of Joe Jones

Joe Jones
Joe Jones
Author: Anne Lamott
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Jessie, "thin, stooped and gorgeous at seventy-nine" inherited the cafe years before and it has become home to a remarkable family of characters: Louise, the cook and vortex, Joe, devoted and unfaithful; Willie, Jessie's gay grandson; and Georgia, an empress dowager who never speaks.