{"product_id":"9780988784024","title":"Café Carolina and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStories in the American grain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCafé Carolina and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith humor and compassion these stories address the simple joys and complex challenges of life at century's turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Munroe Hill Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021333709040,"sku":"9780988784024","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780988784024_p0.jpg?v=1763893944","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780988784024","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}