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Tea at the Wrong Hour: Small ceremonies that need no occasion

June Alderwood · narrated by Serena Sherwin

2026

2h 59m
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You will learn to notice the quiet permission hidden in ordinary moments. June Alderwood invites you to brew tea when the rules say you should not, to find small ceremonies that belong to no schedule and need no reason. You will sit with the cup that does not wait, carry warmth to the window at odd hours, and listen to water waiting as if it has something gentle to tell you. Serena Sherwin reads with a voice like low lamplight, unhurried and close, letting each chapter settle like steam in still air. The pacing gives you room to breathe, to pause, to hear the clock soften its demands. Let this be the companion for your wired hours and your midnight stillness.

Inside this audiobook

15 chapters

  1. 1Before You Begin4m
  2. 2Chapter 1: The Cup That Does Not Wait14m
  3. 3Chapter 2: What the Clock Forgot to Say13m
  4. 4Chapter 3: How the Wired Hour Holds On18m
  5. 5Chapter 4: The Three O'Clock Pot14m
  6. 6Chapter 5: The Cup You Carry to the Window19m
  7. 7Chapter 6: The Midnight Cup That Owes No One15m
  8. 8Chapter 7: The Sound of Water Waiting18m
  9. 9Chapter 8: The Cup Left Half Finished12m
  10. 10Chapter 9: The Body Scan Between Sips14m
  11. 11Chapter 10: Building Your Own Unscheduled Day15m
  12. 12Chapter 11: When the Cup Is Not Enough18m
  13. 13When You Are Ready2m
  14. 14About the Author2m
  15. 15From My Shelf to Yours1m
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