Sonder is the realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own. In the Cafe Sonder Anthology five cousins, all authors, join together to honor the 100th anniversary of their grandmother's birth by telling vivid, complex, and messy stories of random passersby in a small cafe that she would have loved to read.
Cafe Sonder Drive Thru Troubles by Astrid Azure
Janice has been burned one too many times. When she watches her boyfriend flirt with every woman, and man, that comes through the drive-thru of Sonder Cafe, she's at her wit's end. James loves Janice but her jealous ways will be the end of the first real love he has felt in a very long time. As the rainy morning begins to pick up, Janice and James have a coming to Jesus conversation with Janice having to pick up the pieces of the relationship she may have single-handedly shattered.
The Professional by Lena Hampton
Ivy had made so many changes over the past few years but she could never have phathomed the changes her life would take after a stranger sits at her table in busy Cafe Sonder.
A Seat At the Table by Logan Chandler
A woman and her friend meeting for coffee at a bistro on a rainy May 5th day. The lead is currently separated from her husband who will not sign the divorce papers that she knows has been sent to him. Her friend notices that the estranged husband is actually sitting at a table in the corner with a woman. This story gives a peek into what really goes on when women have conversations that no one else should ever witness. Climax is when the lead takes a seat at the table her estranged husband and the mystery woman are sitting.
Discovery eMotions of Trinity by Era Ephraim
Assistant District Attorney Trinity Crenshaw had it all, family, good friendships, a beautiful home in the pleasant Community of Boots, Arkansas, two amazing jobs, one as an assistant district attorney and the other as a college adjunct professor of law, and on May 5th star counsel on the greatest case of her career. But when her husband Forrester demanded she meet him at the local hot spot Cafe Sonder the same day as her lead on the most publicized International case of the century, she could feel the overwhelming pressures of life mounting. With her personal and professional life on the line, Trinity may face more than one trial by fire.
The Judgment by Michele Kimbrough
Magistrate Layla Winston's carefully structured life is upended when she witnesses her husband's affair. Although she and Don attempt marital counseling for months, Layla doesn't believe it's working. As her emotions spiral on a downward trajectory and she questions her own self worth, Layla takes drastic measures to resuscitate her dying marriage.v
