Postcards from Sunflower Beach
Postcards from Sunflower Beach is a collection of short stories, all occurring in the fictional town of Sunflower Beach, imagined on the west coast of Florida. Postcards from Sunflower Beach, familiar faces and places and new characters interweave through twelve stories encompassing several generations of Sunflower Beach life. The owner of Mr. Twisty, the neighborhood ice cream shop, reflects on his life choices. A business owner's lie results in months of public humiliation. MaryAnn cares for her husband during his disappearance into dementia. Matt, Tim, their family, friends and a priest wrestle with questions of faith, love and what it means to be family. Aidan meets and marries Rachel despite family concerns in the US and Ireland - and less than twenty years later, their daughter starts a rumpus of her own. Jonah grudgingly comes home for a Christmas visit, and can't make sense of the changes he sees. Dr. Sam, Will, Andrea and other therapists meet monthly, giving a glimpse into the challenges unique to therapists in a small community. After years of barely-veiled criticism, Gloria terrifies her daughter-in-law Veronica with an invitation to lunch. An abused and abandoned teenager dares to accept kindness. Victor, saddled with anxiety and obsessed with accurate details, takes a break from nagging everyone from his children to the pastor in order to help his wife through cancer. In the process, he finds spiritual healing. Grieving Katie and broken-hearted Rafael meet - and only Phil the bartender knows if it was just luck. And, at Evelyn's European Salon, Evelyn ponders retirement and her salon's reputation as the town gossip hub while she keeps pushing retirement out just one more year.
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