The Midway Between Here and Home
Cal Mercer has always known what to do with broken things.
He can sort them, catalog them, repair what can be repaired, and preserve what deserves to remain. It is how he has made himself useful for most of his life.
Grief is proving harder.
After his mother dies, Cal finds a tarnished brass token among the things she left behind, along with directions to a place that makes no sense and one final request:
Return the token.
At the end of a road maps seem determined to forget, he finds the Midway-a patched tent, a weathered gathering place, an elephant just beyond the lantern light, and a community held together by shared meals, old stories, practical kindness, and the everyday work of making room for one another.
The Midway is also in trouble.
Cal arrives believing that means there must be something for him to fix.
But the longer he stays, the less the place feels like a problem to solve. The people begin to matter. The Midway begins to matter. And Cal starts to understand that not everything worth saving can be repaired by one person.
To finish what his mother began, he will have to decide what can be preserved, what can be repaired, and what was never meant to be carried alone.
The Midway Between Here and Home is a literary novel about grief, chosen family, second chances, and the quiet work of letting yourself belong.
For anyone who has ever wondered whether there might still be a road leading somewhere unexpected-and whether home might be waiting at the other end.
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