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JOE JONES
JOE JONES
Author: Anne Lamott
Joe Jones is Anne Lamott’s raucous novel of lives gathered around Jessie’s Cafe, "a restaurant from another era, the sort of broken-down waterfront dive one might expect to find in Steinbeck or Saroyan." Jessie, "thin, stooped and gorgeous at seventy-nine," inherited the cafe years before and it has become home to a remarkable family o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780345337559
ISBN-10: 0345337557
Publication Date: 12/12/1986
Edition: Reprint
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 0
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achadamaia avatar reviewed JOE JONES on + 48 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Lamott's got a very different writing style and this book took a long time to get rolling. It's a bit fragmented. When I started to envision myself sitting in Jessie's Cafe and listening to the different conversations, I started to enjoy the book alot more. Half way through the book it become more cohesions, the characters more real, and I couldn't stop reading.

If you want a traditional story with a well constructed and obvious plot, you'll be disappointed with this book.
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5thsister avatar reviewed JOE JONES on + 23 more book reviews
You are gonna love it!
LadyBook81 avatar reviewed JOE JONES on + 60 more book reviews
I just can't get into this author. There ios something about her writing style that just doesn't work for me. I quit!!!! I couldn't even get through the first chapter and I usually give a book 3 chapters to pull me in.
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This is an amazing little book that has such real characters.I have reread it several times.I rarely do this.But Anne LaMott obviously knows these characters in a very personal way.
pjmom8025 avatar reviewed JOE JONES on + 45 more book reviews
This book has been on my shelf for quite a while. Unfortunately, I just couldn't connect with where the story was going at my 50 page(make it or break it). The book is ready to head off to another home.


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