The Turquoise Table: Finding Community and Connection in Your Own Front Yard

Written by Kristin Schell

Narrated by Ginny Welsh

Loneliness is an epidemic right now, but it doesn't have to be that way. The Turquoise Table is Kristin Schell's invitation to you to connect with your neighbors and build friendships. Featured in Southern Living, Good Housekeeping, and the TODAY Show, Kristin introduces a new way to look at hospitality.

Desperate for a way to slow down and connect, Kristin put an ordinary picnic table in her front yard, painted it turquoise, and began inviting friends and neighbors to join her. Life changed in her community, and it can change in yours too. Alongside personal and heartwarming stories, Kristin gives you:

• Stress-free ideas for kick-starting your own Turquoise Table
• Simple recipes to take outside and share with others
• Stories from people using Turquoise Tables in their neighborhoods
• Encouragement to overcome barriers that keep you from connecting

This audiobook invites you to make a difference right where you live. It's an ideal audiobook to give to a friend or to keep for yourself. Community and friendship are waiting just outside your front door.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Release date: Jun 6, 2017
• ISBN: 9780718075613

Kristin Schell

Kristin Schell is an established speaker and blogger on the subjects of food, faith, and hospitality. Passionate about community, she has served at every level, from grassroots-level work in church and local nonprofits as well our nation’s capital. As founder of the Turquoise Table and Front Yard People movement, Kristin travels the country speaking at conferences and events with an encouraging word on how to open our lives and homes to others. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, Tony, and their four children.   For more information on the Turquoise Table please join Kristin at www.theturquoisetable.com   Kristin’s book The Turquoise Table: Finding Community and Connection in Your Own Front Yard (Thomas Nelson, a part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing) releases in June 2017.          

Reviews for The Turquoise Table

[Maggie Hazen · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

While I thoroughly enjoy the ideas in the book, it felt so drawn out and difficult to “want to read.”

[susan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is an excellent book. I look forward to what I can share and grown in win my community.

[Rynier van der Watt · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It’s the most real book that I’ve read this year. How inspiring and the practical tips, wraps it all up. Thanks for being real and sharing your clearly, God inspired story with us. I think you have touched us all, because ‘belonging’ is what we all strive for. Loved how you encourage us to stop and admit our own vulnerability in this life and age and reach out to each other.

Christelle vd Watt
South Africa