Alanna




Alanna is Vroman's Customer Service Manager.

A bit about Alanna:

I'm a Georgia girl, born and bred. I have a theatre degree from the University of Georgia, and I love music, dance, acting and (of course) books. I love to laugh and be silly. I enjoy reading memoirs, especially those about mental illness or addiction. I'm a pop culture fanatic, and I spend way too much time on TV and magazines (if you want to invite me to play Trivial Pursuit, watch out!). I don't consider myself a foodie, since my favorite food is cereal, but I'm pretty much obsessed with Food Network, Top Chef and Anthony Bourdain. I LOVE to talk about all of the above, and also about cartoons/TV shows from the 80s--I could go on about that for days...

a few authors/poets I like:
David Sedaris, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Frost, Augusten Burroughs, Janet Fitch, Anthony Bourdain, Pablo Neruda, James Frey, Patricia Cornwell, Anne Lamott, Chuck Palahniuk...

some of my favorite titles:
An Alphabetical Life, Gone With the Wind, the Harry Potter series, A Million Little Pieces, Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, The Opposite of Love, Dry, the Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell, The Outsiders, Without Reservations: The Travels of An Independent Woman, the Spellman series by Lisa Lutz, Interview with the Vampire, The Great Gatsby...

"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year." - Emerson


"It takes a certain, rare revolutionary spirit to abandon one's home and family, however bleak the conditions, and hurtle oneself into the unknown."- Marisha Pessl


"When each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives each day the sun rises." - Paolo Coehlo

 

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life (Paperback)

By Thich Nhat Hanh
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780553351392
Availability: Probably In Stock -- Call to confirm
Published: Bantam, 3/1992
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Spiritual teacher Thich Nhat Hanh shares his wisdom of mindfulness through conscious breathing and awareness of each moment. He teaches us, in simple terms, that peace, joy and happiness are present within us.

Recommended by Alanna

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction (Hardcover)

By David Sheff
$24.00
ISBN-13: 9780618683352
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2/2008
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This book is a stunning portrait of how addiction affects those closest to it. Nic, a bright and caring teenager, quickly becomes consumed by an addiction to crystal meth that nearly kills him. As drugs take over Nic's life, his father David finds himself nearly obsessed with Nic's ongoing addiction and recovery, and he tries to understand how this happened to his boy. Along with extensive research about meth and it's hellish consequences, David Sheff has painted a heartbreaking picture of how deeply addiction touches a whole family.
Recommended by Alanna

Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Paperback)

By Marisha Pessl
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780143112129
Availability: Probably In Stock -- Call to confirm
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 5/2007
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This darkly comic debut novel is a glimpse into the peculiar world of Blue van Meer. Laden with pop culture references and complete with Blue's own 'visual aids,' Pessl weaves a modern and witty coming of age tale as Blue and her father blaze a trail of intrigue and intellectual adventure across the country.
Recommended by Alanna