Summary
Positively Yours is the story of Julian, a pragmatic coffee shop owner who treats optimism as a grueling daily workout rather than a fuzzy feeling. Operating a cafe called The Half-Full in a gritty urban neighborhood, Julian navigates the physical and financial tolls of business ownership, including a predatory rent hike, a literal flood, and relentless city construction.
Instead of ignoring the mess, Julian uses his space to anchor his cynical neighbors and struggling regulars. With the help of a disgraced lawyer and an elderly architect, he fights to preserve his shop’s historical roots. The story concludes not with a perfect life, but with the hard-won victory of a lease renewal, proving that resilience is found in the small, concrete repairs we make to our world and ourselves every day.
