AVAILABLE APRIL 21, 2009
    

     ISBN: 978-1-59494-038-5

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Therese's brother and best friend, Steve, went on a business trip.  He never came home.  Steve was shot and killed in a Greenville, SC parking lot after an argument with a complete stranger went too far. From disbelief and anger to grief and acceptance, six years later, Therese's journey is just beginning. Coffee Shop God will inspire forgiveness and healing in us all. 

Therese Bartholomew holds a MS in criminal justice and a BA in English both from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.  She teaches at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC where she resides with her husband, Doug.

Coffee Shop God is a moving account of the author’s struggle to make sense of life, faith, and humanity after the tragic loss of her brother. This exceptionally well-written memoir should be read by all who believe, or want to believe, in the capacity of the human heart to heal and to forgive. 
-Sister Helen Prejean, Author of Dead Man Walking

Therese Bartholomew’s poignant memoir about the slaying of her brother Steve is sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes humorous and always brutally honest. Bartholomew manages to wrest a story of hope and triumph out of this senseless tragedy. The evocative rendering of her own grief makes for a moving and gripping read, but it is her irrepressible spirit of love, laughter and compassion that you will remember long after you've finished the book.
-Pat MacEnulty, From May to December and The Language of Sharks 
 
A painfully-intimate memoir that will make your emotions rage from tears to laughter to tears, Bartholomew’s honesty is unsparing.
- Elizabeth Leland, The Charlotte Observer

Visit the CPCC Press Author Events page for book signing schedule.

See the "Artist's Craft" interview with Therese on YouTube!

A book review featuring Coffee Shop God appeared in the Summer 2009 Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation Newsletter. 

There's more to the story: The Final Gift 

The Final Gift documentary was awarded a Southern Documentary Fund Scholarship.

This author is available for in-store signings and classroom/book club speaking engagements. 
Contact cpccpress@cpcc.edu for more information.