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Gentle Journeys

The Repair Cafe: Broken things, mended things, and the people between

Harriet Combe · narrated by Agnes Loch

2026

3h 8m
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Something about a chair with a wobbly leg or a lamp that flickers brings out a certain kind of neighbor, the one who fixes things not because it saves money but because throwing away feels wrong. This is a quiet walk through that world: the folding tables of donated tools, the patience it takes to coax a stopped clock back to life, and the small talk that turns strangers into regulars. Gentle, unhurried, and full of the satisfaction of things made whole again.

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18 chapters

  1. 1A Beginning6m
  2. 2Chapter 1: The Door Left Open12m
  3. 3Chapter 2: What Gets Mended Here16m
  4. 4Chapter 3: Why We Stopped Fixing Things12m
  5. 5Chapter 4: The First Thing You Bring13m
  6. 6Chapter 5: Learning to Thread a Needle Again13m
  7. 7Chapter 6: The Kettle Between Jobs12m
  8. 8Chapter 7: Tools That Circulate13m
  9. 9Chapter 8: Sitting With Someone Else's Broken Thing10m
  10. 10Chapter 9: Cleaning Before Mending13m
  11. 11Chapter 10: The Regulars13m
  12. 12Chapter 11: Small Repairs, Small Talk14m
  13. 13Chapter 12: A Rhythm for Wednesdays12m
  14. 14Chapter 13: Starting Your Own Table11m
  15. 15Chapter 14: When It's Beyond Mending11m
  16. 16Looking Back3m
  17. 17About the Author1m
  18. 18Before You Close the Book1m
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