Press Release

January Through December: Twelve Short Stories- One Coffee Shop was just released by HearthMasters Publishing. Audrey Elder delivers a compelling group of short stories centered around a coffee shop.  

Kansas City Missouri, October 6, 2021 

January Through December is a book containing twelve individual short stories told over the course of a year that take you into the lives and the community of the customers of one coffee shop. Their individual stories paint a picture of their town, its struggles, and its triumphs. As each narrative unfolds, connections and synchronicity are revealed with only a few degrees of separation between the characters that so often appear anonymous to each other. 

   Audrey Elder is an historic researcher and amateur homesteader. She co-owns Past to Present Research LLC, a small historic research company founded in 2010. Since beginning the company in 2010, Elder has written/co-written nearly fifty house and building histories, presented preservation education for over 19 organizations including the Missouri State Historic Preservation Office, the National Trails Conference and Daughters of the American Revolution. Elder is author of Guide to Selling Historic Properties and teaches continued education for Missouri and Kansas real estate agents. She also managed the Lela Owens Museum, birthplace of Ginger Rogers in Independence, Missouri. 

   January Through December is available at Amazon.com and in a few local bookstores in the Kansas City area. Wholesale orders are welcome.