Who is Joanne Madsen from the novel, Good Kings Bad Kings?

Joanne Madsen was hit by a bus and has since been confined to a wheelchair. She is independently wealthy, from the bus company settlement. However, she uses a job as a way to get out of her apartment. She does not like any facilities like nursing homes or jails because of the abuses and neglect that are endemic to those places. According to Ricky, she is a pretty, young woman with blonde hair. She is in her late 30s.