Tom is a writer of mostly British fiction about England who is also a Brethren minister in Monterey, California. He also visits bars of sad women who are bartenders. He meets one sad woman who is Laura Deis. They meet and visit even sad women in London, England where they meet sad women who are bartenders because they all flunked physics, chemistry, trig, and the bar. One in London even flunked British Literature. Tom is a fiction author and a Brethren minister, so read and find out.