Wednesdays at Monti's - Underwood, June
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At Monti's café, 77-year old Willie eavesdrops on coffee drinkers, embroidering their stories to take home to her third husband, Jake. Willie's tales vary from recounting how 80-year old Eva stole a priceless Chinese cup to following the adventures of 79-year-old Magdalena, who took the Amtrak south and came back with a guy in a jaguar. Up the street from Monti's lives V (Valentine at birth), a retired painter, who muses over events, past and present, that unsettle her ideas about who she is. When these two old ladies meet, they embark on adventures around Portland, Oregon, that change both their lives.…mehr

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At Monti's café, 77-year old Willie eavesdrops on coffee drinkers, embroidering their stories to take home to her third husband, Jake. Willie's tales vary from recounting how 80-year old Eva stole a priceless Chinese cup to following the adventures of 79-year-old Magdalena, who took the Amtrak south and came back with a guy in a jaguar. Up the street from Monti's lives V (Valentine at birth), a retired painter, who muses over events, past and present, that unsettle her ideas about who she is. When these two old ladies meet, they embark on adventures around Portland, Oregon, that change both their lives.
Autorenporträt
June Underwood is a middle-old woman living in Portland Oregon, in an old suburb where the houses are small, the children cheerful, and the chickens loud. She has been a college professor, a visual artist, a kinworker, and a writer. Also, she is the wife of Jer (for almost 60 years), grandmother of Sam, and the mother of Jan, the Real Jan.