Table For Two: An Anthology

By Christina Hamlett

A loving daughter takes a page from her father’s story of “butterfly moments” to ease the pain of his impending death. A besotted waiter conspires to get a beautiful woman who is out of his league to call in sick for a day of hooky. A teenager experiences ‘three’s a crowd’ when her dad brings an unexpected stranger to lunch at their favorite  restaurant.

Twenty wonderful stories penned by essayists worldwide deliver memorable morsels of humor, romance, nostalgia, disappointment and authenticity.

Like its predecessor titles—“Unfinished Chapters” and “Finding Mr. Right”—“Table For Two” is the product of an anthology competition that invited writers to submit their true stories about dining experiences that sometimes served up much more than they actually ordered.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christina Hamlett
• Release date: Mar 18, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386240440

Christina Hamlett

Former actress and theatre director Christina Hamlett is the author of 42 books, 174 stage plays, 5 optioned feature films, and squillions of articles and interviews that appear online and in trade publications worldwide. She is also a script consultant for stage and screen as well as a professional ghostwriter. For further information, visit her website at www.authorhamlett.com

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