Paradise Caf and Other Stories Author:Martha Brooks Paradise Café and Other Stories was chosen as winner of the 1989 Vicky Metcalf Short Story Award, and winner of the Boston Globe Horn Book Honor Choice Award in 1991. It was also nominated for the Governor General?s Award.Without sentimentality Brooks portrays love and romance, dreams of achievement, and the cold war between the generat... more »ions, as experienced by both boys and girls.« less