![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And whenever Amber is feeling down, she goes and drinks green tea with the haiku-writing Vietnam vet Private Jackson. The challenge is to see if Amber can make Joan smile before Joan makes Amber cry. She spends her Wednesday evenings at the old folks’ home in epic face-offs between herself, the Princess of Hope, and Joan of Old, the crotchety woman who faked a heart attack at last year’s Christmas party because everyone was having too much fun. Amber spends every Tuesday teaching English to Korean Catholic women with the words of R & B greats like Tina and Aretha they call themselves the Korean Divas for Christ. She has a running inner dialogue with JC (Jesus). In spite of this, Amber is probably the most optimistic person on the planet. Her mom hasn’t eaten anything in several months, unless you count nicotine and vodka. Her mom has had a string of increasingly pathetic boyfriends ever since her father left them right after Amber was born. Seventeen-year-old Amber Appleton lives on a yellow school bus. ![]()
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