Overview
Stories in the American grain Written over a span of three decades, these twelve short stories by Jefferson Flanders explore themes of memory, family, faith, and love against a distinctly American landscape. Café Carolina and Other Stories offers the reader the varied worlds of its memorable characters. A waitress in a small-town restaurant invents a romantic backstory for the secretive couple in the last booth. A burnt-out relief worker returns from Africa to find himself drawn to the New England landscape of his childhood. A retired military aviator clashes over Cold War politics with the guests at a Princeton dinner party. A preacher's son visits Jerusalem on a pilgrimage that his father hopes will revive his faith. With humor and compassion these stories address the simple joys and complex challenges of life at century's turn.
- | Author: Jefferson Flanders
- | Publisher: Munroe Hill Press
- | Publication Date: Dec 28, 2012
- | Number of Pages: 140 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0988784025
- | ISBN-13: 9780988784024
