The trade paperback and ebook versions of Café Carolina and Other Stories by Jefferson Flanders are now available on Amazon.com and other online booksellers.
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 introduces the reader to 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.
Read an interview with the author.
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