Always reading at home (and on the airplane!), her reading runs from memoirs to fiction to cookbooks and more. She and her husband Jack are members of Portland's Eating and Drinking Society. So, if you're interested in finding a great new restaurant to try, ask Jose! Both her book and restaurant recommendations are worth exploring.
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780307388773
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Published: Vintage, 5/2009
In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, and
left alone after his English wife and son return to London, Hans van
den Broek stumbles upon the vibrant New York subculture of cricket,
where he revisits his lost childhood and, thanks to a friendship with a
charismatic and charming Trinidadian named Chuck Ramkissoon, begins to
reconnect with his life and his adopted country. As the two men share
their vastly different experiences of contemporary immigrant life in
America, an unforgettable portrait emerges of an "other" New York
populated by immigrants and strivers of every race and nationality.
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ISBN-13: 9780061256783
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Published: Harper Perennial, 2/2009
Booklist (03/01/2008):
In 2003, Koppel, a novice writer for the New York Times, stumbled upon an amazing discovery: the decades-old diary of a privileged teenaged Manhattanite penned between 1929 and 1934. Fascinated by entries detailing theater expeditions, shopping sprees, love interests, and grand ambitions, she put her journalistic skills to good use, tracking down the original owner of this faded and cracked red-leather treasure. Elated to discover 90-year-old Florence Wolfson alive, alert, and eager to share her memories of a bygone time and place, Koppel began interviewing Florence, interweaving the brief diary entries with more detailed personal anecdotes infused with the type of glamour and sophistication associated with a 1930s romantic comedy. After a front-page story appeared in the New York Times Sunday City section, interest in Florences fascinating story prompted the author to write a full-length book that works as both a biography anda spellbinding glimpse into a vanished era.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)
Our world traveler, Jose has been with the bookstore since its first year, and manages our greeting cards and legal forms.
