The Cup

Tom Bailey is everyone’s favorite barista at The Cup. Kind, attentive, warm, he’s the kind of guy older women try to pair off with a niece. But behind his cheery smile is a wounded past, and inside he feels like a failure. Enter Janelle and Mike. Janelle is quiet and sad-faced, a timid girl with fearful eyes. Mike is an ever-moving enigma of energy. Both have that rare ability to see past a person’s veneer, and Tom finds in them the only two people he can trust. As his past comes back to haunt him, Tom becomes distant. When his relationships hang in the balance, what will he choose?A tale of renewal, courage, and trust, here is a moving story about a man who faces what could destroy him, and two friends who display the immortal qualities we’d like to imagine live within us all.If you like The Elegance of the Hedgehog, and At Home in Mitford, you’ll love the literary fiction and thoughtful structure of The Cup.