Sunny Days: a Novel

Come on in and meet Sunny Gates, owner of Sunny Days Coffee Shop in Briarwood, Iowa. Sunny's reached a time in her life where her children are grown, she has two wonderful grandchildren and is the owner of a successful coffee shop. But, the past two years have been tragic for her as well. Not only did she lose her loving husband of thirty years in an accident, a year later she lost her best friend as well. Sunny is just starting to figure out how to go forward with life after her losses, when someone searching for answers from childhood comes to Briarwood . Will Sunny be able to answer his questions and give him closure? And will it be possible to teach Sunny how to love again after losing Dutch? If Sunny admits that she can love again, can she face the possiblity of losing that love as well? These answers, and more lovable characters come to life as you stroll down the shade tree lined streets of Briarwood in Northeast Iowa, each of them an important part of Sunny's life, and each ready to give their opinions. It will be like stepping onto the quiet streets of any Iowa small town, where friends and family, church and community, are intermingled and everyone looks out for each other.