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The Last Cup of Tea: A story of love, loss and the good we never know we've done
Paperback
General FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9786242121772
Publisher: 978-624-212-177-2
Published: Aug 29 2026
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.20 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A short novel about a mother's love and the good we never know we've done.
One rainy afternoon in a quiet Sri Lankan cemetery, two old men sit on a bench and watch the funeral of an elderly mother. Through their gentle conversation, her life slowly returns to us - the cup of tea she made each morning without being asked, the sacrifices no one noticed, the son who always meant to call.
But the two watchers are not who they seem. And in the final pages, a quiet revelation reframes everything you thought you understood - turning the story, and its title, into a meditation on the love that never announces itself, and the good we do for others without ever knowing we've done it.
The Last Cup of Tea is a book you can read in one sitting, and carry with you long after. A tender tribute to mothers everywhere - the ones who are still here, the ones whose love lives on in memory, and the ones we forget to thank while we still can.
What readers are saying:
I finished it with a lump in my throat. And the ending - wow! I never saw that coming.
I completed it in one sitting, but the impact it leaves behind is very heavy.
A story that explores grief with tenderness and honesty. I'd recommend it to anyone.
If your mother is still just a phone call away - this book will make you want to call her tonight.
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