The Crossroads Cafe (2006) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

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• Arianna
• Bubba McKellan
• Bert
• Corazon: Daughter of Laney Cranshaw.
• Cathryn Mary Deen: A famous, wealthy and beautiful cover girl/actress.
• Cleo McKellan
• David
• Dolores Kaye
• Richard Bartholomew
• Ethan
• Frank Hunsell
• Thomas Karol Mitternich: One of two main characters in the story. His wife and son died as a result of NYC's World Trade Center disaster. He has moved to where Cathryn Deen owns an inherited and long neglected farm.
• Gerald Barnes Merritt: Cathryn's husband
• Gibson
• Granny Nettie: Cathryn's grandmother
• Pike Whittlespoon: Sheriff
• John
• Thomas Sherryl: Thomas's wife
• Mrs. Ganza
• Mary Eve Nettie
• Herman
• Laney Cranshaw: A poor and destitute aunt of two, Cora and Ivy who she is raising, living in a tent at the campground. Moves to different campgrounds when the rangers object.
• Judi
• Roland
• Mrs. Halfacre
• Luce
• Antonio Cavazos
• Marcus Johnson
• Macy
• Judge Benton Kaye
• Becka
• Aunt Laney
• Cathy Halfway
• Cathy Beginnings
• Cathy Crossroads
• Joe Whittlespoon
• Amos Jefferson
• Ravel
• Monica
• Thomas Chicago
• Bryan
• Jeb Whittlespoon
• Sherryl Mitternich
• Jeremy
• Marion
• Randy
• Alberta Groover
• Banger
• Bonita
• Toots Bailey
• Cathy February

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• “People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.”

  Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

• “Most urgently, women’s identity must be premised upon our “beauty” so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air.”

  Naomi Wolf

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• Grief steals all the beauty in the world, then gives it back one piece at a time until the house you call your life is built on more hope than sorrow.

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• People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within. —Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

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• “There’s something very freeing about losing the anchors that have always defined you. Frightening, sad, but exhilarating in a poignant way, as well. You’re free to float to the moon and evaporate or sink to the bottom of the deepest ocean. But you’re also free to explore. Some people confuse that with drifting, I suppose. I like to think of it as growing.”

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• I’m not happy, I’m cheerful. There’s a difference. A happy woman has no cares at all. A cheerful woman has cares but has learned how to deal with them. —Beverly Sills

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• Do we act on impulse or is impulse the excuse for our subconscious to break free?

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• Hope is in the mirror we keep inside us, love sees only what it wants to see, and beauty is in the lie of the beholder. Sometimes, that lie is all you need to survive.

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• I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman. —Anaïs Nin

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• The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. —Eleanor Roosevelt

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Asheville
• North Carolina
• New York
• Atlanta
• Turtleville
• Chicago
• California
• Los Angeles
• Manhattan
• Jefferson County
• Santa
• Ruby Creek
• Wild Woman Ridge
• Hog Back Mountain
• Cove
• North Tower
• Heaven
• Hollywood

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Deborah Smith (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3569.M5177 C76 2006
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

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Various Adult Themes

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• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( S ) › Smith, Deborah
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary