Joel Frey: Out of stock

About Two Sides of a Cypress Wall

Despite a solid GPA, several glowing letters of recommendation, and being named “Outstanding News-Editorial Graduate” by his journalism professors, no one seemed to care about Joel Frey after he completed his undergraduate studies.

With no employer seeking his “semi-professional” services, he left school behind and crashed with his mom and dad. He worked a couple of jobs that did not require a degree. He drank too much and escaped to the comfort of old friends whenever the opportunity arose. Most of all, he wondered what it was going to take to shake off the desire to be nothing more than a carefree college kid.

Two Sides of a Cypress Wall is a bittersweet story of coping with the discovery that life in your early twenties is more than just finding a real job.

Out of stock

Zack was right. I should have joined Facebook a long time ago. Since I signed up a couple of weeks ago, not only have I reconnected with a bunch of old friends from Bartlett High and J.B. Martin Middle School, Cypress Walls is temporarily out of stock at both Amazon and Barnes and Noble's online store. Plus, I've had more visitors here, including a record day after my last post. Thanks to those of you who bought copies - I do appreciate your support and look forward to your reviews!

One other quick news item: my next book club is set for May 18, here in Sun City. If you'd like to join us, drop me a line. Thanks to Magdalene Iglar for all of her help in getting it set up. I hope there's at least one member of the group who is not afraid to tell me that they thought the book sucked.

Since my last post, Memphis has still been on my mind, thanks to John Calipari. After he decided to leave the U of M to take the head coaching job at Kentucky, I've checked the local paper's Web site a couple of times a day for the latest developments. Like everyone else, I wanted him to stay knowing that without him it would be highly unlikely for the Tigers to continue to play in the upper echelons of Division 1-A hoops. Sadly, that's what's going to happen. It's not the Tiger program; it's Conference USA. Why would anyone coaching in the SEC, Big 12, Big East, Big 10, Pac 10 or ACC want to downgrade and play the likes of Tulsa and SMU year-after-year? Would Calipari had even come in the first place had not the Tigers played in a league with Louisville, Cincinnati and Marquette at the time? I doubt it. I mean, they couldn't even get a whiff from the coach at Baylor, a team that finished ninth (ninth!) in the Big 12 this year.

My heart especially goes out to my friend TJ Werre, who covered the Tigers run to the Final Four last year as a reporter for the Memphis student newspaper. It was a great run Bro. Savor those memories from San Antonio, however painful. Hopefully, the team will get back to the Final Four again one day. I'm thinking 2020 is sounding about right.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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Comments

Calipari will soon be saying that he's "stuck inside of Louisville with the Memphis blues again."

Glad to see that Cypress Walls is doing so well.

What are the plans for the next book?

Posted by: Dennis Schaal | April 04, 2009 at 07:19 PM

I have to pay for this one before I can start a second one :-)

Posted by: Jowl | April 04, 2009 at 07:38 PM

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