Café Carolina and Other Stories

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.