{"product_id":"the-tuesday-table-summer-trahan-9798248432370","title":"The Tuesday Table","description":"\u003cb\u003eHome isn't a building. It's the people who show up-week after week, Tuesday after Tuesday. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor fifteen years, six women have gathered at their corner table in Cornerstone Community Church's fellowship hall. They've become more than friends. They've become family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheila \u003c\/b\u003ebrings homemade rolls and nurtures everyone she meets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJune \u003c\/b\u003ekeeps everything organized and desperately needs control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAva \u003c\/b\u003equotes Scripture but secretly wonders if God is listening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan \u003c\/b\u003eknows everyone's business and calls it ministry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiza \u003c\/b\u003esketches every moment, bearing witness to what matters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWendy \u003c\/b\u003equestions everything and keeps her exit strategy ready. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen the announcement comes: Cornerstone is merging with a contemporary megachurch across town. The building will be sold. Services end in three months. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuddenly, everything these women have built-their rhythms, their routines, their sacred corner table-is disappearing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey make a pact to stay together. To keep meeting for Tuesday lunch no matter what. To prove that community can survive change.\u003cbr\u003eBut when the building is demolished and their circle fractures under the weight of grief, doubt, and fear, they each face their darkest moment: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Sheila realizes her identity is built on being needed\u003cbr\u003e- June discovers she can't control her way out of chaos\u003cbr\u003e- Ava admits her faith might have been nostalgia all along\u003cbr\u003e- Susan fears she's gossip, not love\u003cbr\u003e- Liza feels invisible without her art mattering\u003cbr\u003e- Wendy doesn't believe she belongs anywhere \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan the Tuesday table survive being rebuilt from broken pieces? \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tuesday Table\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender, honest story about six ordinary women navigating extraordinary loss. It's about the death of certainty and the resurrection of grace. About holding onto what matters when everything else is stripped away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers who loved: \u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Mitford Series\u003c\/i\u003e by Jan Karon\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Prayer Box\u003c\/i\u003e by Lisa Wingate\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eSame Kind of Different as Me\u003c\/i\u003e by Ron Hall\u003cbr\u003e- Stories of real faith, messy community, and women who choose each other \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThemes: Church community - Women's friendship - Grief and healing - Faith in transition - Rebuilding after loss - Grace over structure - Intergenerational ministry \"Sometimes the most sacred things are the ones we almost lose.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Summer Trahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798248432370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Summer Trahan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001176989951,"sku":"9798248432370","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tuesday-table-summer-trahan-9798248432370","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}