The Smiling Dog Cafe
Neil S. Plakcy
- Welcome
- to
- The
- Smiling
- Dog
- Café,
- where
- lost
- souls
- find
- their
- way
- home,
- guided
- by
- mysterious
- dogs
- and
- comforted
- by
- the
- scent
- of
- perfectly
- brewed
- coffee.
- This
- collection
- of
- two
- interconnected
- novellas
- brings
- the
- Japanese
- tradition
- of
- healing
- fiction
- to
- the
- streets
- of
- Brooklyn,
- where
- an
- unassuming
- café
- holds
- more
- magic
- than
- meets
- the
- eye.In
- "Code
- of
- Silence,"
- Jeff
- Hodges
- has
- spent
- his
- life
- afraid
- to
- speak
- his
- truth,
- until
- the
- day
- he
- loses
- everything
- and
- follows
- a
- golden
- retriever
- to
- a
- café
- that
- seems
- to
- exist
- between
- worlds.
- There,
- proprietor
- Betty
- Martinez
- serves
- coffee
- that
- tastes
- like
- memories,
- while
- her
- wall
- of
- dog
- portraits
- holds
- secrets
- that
- could
- help
- Jeff
- finally
- find
- his
- voice
- –
- if
- he's
- brave
- enough
- to
- face
- what
- he's
- been
- running
- from."A
- Mother's
- Heart"
- introduces
- us
- to
- Sophia
- Greenwood,
- whose
- young
- daughter
- has
- just
- been
- diagnosed
- with
- the
- same
- heart
- condition
- that
- claimed
- Sophia's
- mother.
- As
- she
- grapples
- with
- this
- inherited
- legacy
- of
- both
- loss
- and
- love,
- Sophia
- finds
- herself
- guided
- to
- The
- Smiling
- Dog
- Café
- by
- an
- Irish
- Setter
- who
- seems
- to
- know
- exactly
- what
- her
- heart
- needs.
- There,
- surrounded
- by
- Betty's
- gentle
- wisdom
- and
- the
- café's
- subtle
- magic,
- Sophia
- discovers
- that
- some
- inheritances
- are
- stronger
- than
- fear.Drawing
- on
- the
- Japanese
- tradition
- of
- healing
- fiction
- while
- grounding
- itself
- firmly
- in
- American
- soil,
- The
- Smiling
- Dog
- Café
- explores
- how
- we
- heal
- from
- past
- wounds,
- find
- courage
- to
- face
- our
- futures,
- and
- learn
- to
- trust
- love
- again.
- Through
- Betty's
- carefully
- crafted
- coffee
- blends
- and
- the
- watchful
- eyes
- of
- her
- painted
- dogs,
- these
- stories
- remind
- us
- that
- sometimes
- the
- path
- to
- healing
- requires
- a
- little
- magic,
- a
- lot
- of
- courage,
- and
- the
- perfect
- cup
- of coffee.
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