![]() ![]() ![]() Joanna told her where she and Walter had moved from what Walter did and with which firm Pete’s and Kim’s names and ages what she had done before they were born and which colleges she and Walter had gone to. "For the Chronicle." She dug at the bag’s bottom and came up with a pen, clicking its top with a red-nailed thumb. ![]() I do the ‘Notes on Newcomers, she said, smiling and putting on the glasses. ![]() The Welcome Wagon lady put a vial of cologne on top of the other things, and then searched in her bag- No, really, Joanna said-and brought out pink-framed eyeglasses and a small embroidered notebook. THE WELCOME WAGON lady, sixty if she was a day but working at youth and vivacity (ginger hair, red lips, a sunshine-yellow dress), twinkled her eyes and teeth at Joanna and said, You’re really going to like it here! It’s a nice town with nice people! You couldn’t have made a better choice! Her brown leather shoulderbag was enormous, old and scuffed from it she dealt Joanna packets of powdered breakfast drink and soup mix, a toy-size box of non-polluting detergent, a booklet of discount slips good at twenty-two local shops, two cakes of soap, a folder of deodorant pads-Įnough, enough, Joanna said, standing in the doorway with both hands full. ![]()
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