WHERE THE HELL IS TUCUMCARI

About the Book

Travel with Mary, her minister husband and her family as they leave the posh community of Beverly Hills to serve a small church in New Mexico, a world away from the atmosphere they had known in California. The way of life, the climate, the scenery, the food...all so different. Interesting and unusual characters filled their lives every day as they lived and worked among a wonderful panoply of people. Enjoying historical Route 66 as their main thoroughfare created many delightful stories told in a relaxed, humorous way. To make the reading easier, the style of writing is in the fashion of “stream of consciousness” of an earlier literary period, so you may occasionally find duplication of incidents due to “rambling” All names have been changed to protect the real characters written about. Apologies to anyone who willingly claims the identity.

About the Author

Mary Ann Froede was raised and schooled primarily in Wisconsin and Minnesota but has been in California for 46 years. She studied as a pre-med and worked as an office nurse before marrying her husband Jim. They served in the Presbyterian ministry for 42 years until Jim's death. She boasts 7 grandchildren and 5 great-grandsons (all boys). Mary sang professionally throughout her life and was vocalist with the Stan Kenton Revival Band in the 80's and 90's. She owns and operates (35 years) a uniform manufacturing company that supplies vinyl aprons and tablecloths nationwide (Taco Bell being one of her clients). Living in the Presbyterian retirement Monte Vista Grove Homes in Pasadena has been a great joy, especially the writing class that started her on her path as an author of this, her first book.