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Hours of Operation:
Sundays: 12pm - 5pm
Mondays: CLOSED
Tuesdays -Fridays: 8:30am -6pm
Saturdays: 9am-6pm
3rd Annual Holiday Fair
Support Small Businesses this Holiday Season
We are excited to kick off the holiday season at LIT Java! We will host our 3rd Annual Holiday Fair where we showcase several small businesses and independent authors every Saturday from 10am until 2pm until December 14th. Come out and grab some stocking stuffers and holiday gifts all while supporting several local small businesses.
VENDOR REGISTRATION
If you are interested in being a vendor at our 3rd Annual Holiday Fair, please follow the link below and fill out the registration form.
LIT Java's Book of the Month
November
The Lost Family by Jenna Blum
The Lost Family is an extraordinary read, the kind of book that makes you sob and smile, the kind that gives you hope.... It is compassionate, masterful and disturbingly contemporary."--Tatiana de Rosnay, bestselling author of Sarah's Key
The New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us creates a vivid portrait of marriage, family, and the haunting grief of World War II in this emotionally charged, beautifully rendered story that spans a generation, from the 1960s to the 1980s.
In 1965 Manhattan, patrons flock to Masha's to savor its brisket bourguignon and impeccable service and to admire its dashing owner and head chef Peter Rashkin. With his movie-star good looks and tragic past, Peter, a survivor of Auschwitz, is the most eligible bachelor in town. But Peter does not care for the parade of eligible women who come to the restaurant hoping to catch his eye. He has resigned himself to a solitary life. Running Masha's consumes him, as does his terrible guilt over surviving the horrors of the Nazi death camp while his wife, Masha--the restaurant's namesake--and two young daughters perished.
Then exquisitely beautiful June Bouquet, an up-and-coming young model, appears at the restaurant, piercing Peter's guard. Though she is twenty years his junior, the two begin a passionate, whirlwind courtship. When June unexpectedly becomes pregnant, Peter proposes, believing that beginning a new family with the woman he loves will allow him to let go of the horror of the past. But over the next twenty years, the indelible sadness of those memories will overshadow Peter, June, and their daughter Elsbeth, transforming them in shocking, heartbreaking, and unexpected ways.
Jenna Blum artfully brings to the page a husband devastated by a grief he cannot name, a frustrated wife struggling to compete with a ghost she cannot banish, and a daughter sensitive to the pain of both her own family and another lost before she was born. Spanning three cinematic decades, The Lost Family is a charming, funny, and elegantly bittersweet study of the repercussions of loss and love.
Pairs Well With...
The Red Velvet Mocha Latte
Similar to Peter and June, this drink is unusual but deliciously satisfying. Upon your first sip, you begin to understand how the two main characters, red velvet and espresso, complement each other. The mocha and hint of vanilla add a elegantly smooth complexity. Like the book, The Lost Family, you will find yourself craving for more and more.
Get half off a Red Velvet Mocha Latte when you purchase the book The Lost Family at LIT Java Coffee & Books!
Offer good while supplies last!
LIT Java's Own KELLI HOLLOWAY hosting Grief in the Raw
We are so excited to announce that our very own, Kelli Holloway, is not only our Director of Operations, a wife, a mom, and an amazing friend, but she can also add PODCAST HOST to her list of accolades! Kelli hosts Grief in the Raw, a podcast focused on dealing with grief in a raw, unfiltered, yet supportive manner. She has taken one of the most vulnerable times of her life and turned it into a ministry that is sure to help others.
Grief in the Raw Podcast is a community healing space where all are welcome to learn, digest, support, and inspire. Special guests join to share experiences, providing a platform for informed grief practices and discussions. Whether you're mourning a loved one, a relationship, a job, or a dream, remember, it's the strong cup we were never meant to drink alone. So, let's evolve, heal and sip together, one episode at a time.
Audiobooks
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