Tell by frances itani5/19/2023 ![]() These six strangers are learning that beginnings can be possible at any stage of life. Before long, they are joined by Allam, a Syrian refugee with his own story to tell. Hazzley posts a notice on the community board at the local grocery store.įour people turn up for the first meeting: Gwen, a recently retiree in her early 60s, who finds herself pet-sitting a cantankerous parrot Chiyo, a 40-year-old fitness instructor who cared for her unyielding but gossip-loving mother through the final days of her life Addie, a woman preemptively grieving a close friend who is seriously ill and Tom, an antiques dealer and amateur poet who, deprived of home baking since becoming a widower, comes to the first meeting hoping cake will be served. When her longtime friend Cassandra, café owner and occasional dance-class partner, suggests that she start up a conversation group. Hazzley is at loose ends, even three years after the death of her husband. ![]() ON TUESDAY NIGHTS IN THE BACKROOM OF CASSIE'S CAFÉ, SIX STRANGERS SEEK SOLACE AND FIND THEMSELVES PART OF A COMPANY OF GOOD CHEER. ![]()
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