Patchouli Lost: After Dinner Conversation Short Story Series
Values & VirtuesAdded on January 12, 2026
Description
Synopsis - Patchouli finds herself in an abusive relationship and reaches out to a friend for help. How far will you go to support a friend when is seems they aren’t ready to help themselves?After Dinner Conversation is a growing series of short stories across genres to draw out deeper discussions with friends and family. Each story is an accessible example of an abstract ethical or philosophical idea and is accompanied by suggested discussion questions.Podcast discussions of this short story, and others, is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and Youtube.★★★ If you enjoy this story, subscribe via our website to "After Dinner Conversation Magazine" and get this, and other, similar ethical and philosophical short stories delivered straight to your inbox every month. (Just search "After Dinner Conversation Magazine")★★★
Reader Reviews
I really appreciate these one sit reads. Often times I find myself wondering what I would do in a given situation and am unable to really determine how I feel about things completely. These shorts are stories that have discussion questions at the end to help the reader digest what they read and think about moral issues in a whole new light. I recommend these short read series if you are trying to open yourself up emotionally and and be more aware of both sides of understanding.
Cliches!The narrator has a friend who is hiding in her bathroom. She is afraid of her violent boyfriend.The narrator comes over to her house to check on her. The boyfriend has left, so the narrator takes her for a ride.Over the next few days, the boyfriend sends text messages that range from vile name calling, to profess actions of love.The narrator considers himself to be a good friend to her, so he advises her to block her boyfriend’s number.She promises to do so, but she doesn’t.
Oh wow!! This is such a deep book!! I loved the book because I know of this topic intimately. This book really got to me because I have lived it and also friends and family lived it . Read this important book!!
