The Quaker Café

A Quaker Café Novel

By: Brenda Bevan Remmes

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

When Liz Hoole, a free-spirited liberal from the Midwest, marries into a conservative Quaker family, she knows that raising children in compliance with Quaker values will be challenging. Twenty-five years later, she still feels like she's falling short of expectations. Fortunately, her faith and her friends in the small, rural North Carolina town of Cedar Branch keep her strong.

After her best friend's politically powerful father dies, Liz stumbles upon secrets from the past that threaten to unravel the current harmony in Cedar Branch, a town with a history of racial tension. As she researches more and eavesdrops on gossip at the Quaker Café, where everyone meets each morning, Liz soon discovers the truth about an injustice that she cannot reveal to anyone - not even her husband.

Surrounded by a cast of richly drawn Southern characters, Liz learns that even good people can make bad choices. Now, she must decide whether she has the strength to bring a past wrong to light, despite the consequences.

This is a new release of a previously published edition.

©2014 Brenda Bevan Remmes (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

dramatic topic handled with compassion

I really liked this story and I liked how this story lead to a compassionate solution without being syrupy.

A good "read".

An interesting, multi-layered and relevant story, it wasn't predictable and kept my attention. There were lots of characters, which was a little confusing. I don't enjoy hearing narrators try to communicate in the voices of characters of other genders, ages and accents; when that wasn't happening, I liked this narrator's voice and style.

Forgiveness

Good story about family members facing truths and forgiveness. Many twists that kept the listener interested. A book I would recommend.

Surprised

I very much enjoyed this. I did not read reviews or anything that told me what it was about. I only knew it was a small town story. I was surprised by how much depth there was to it. So many stories entertained. Very enjoyable

Enjoyable read

Please have your narrators learn the correct pronunciation of regional words. Southerners don't pronounce pecans "pee cans". It's p'cahn. Drove me nuts. No pun intended. Otherwise enjoyed the book