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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Million-Copy Bestseller
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"I loved this book" BONNIE GARMUS, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY "A generous, compassionate book about the power of love and community" LOUISE KENNEDY, author of TRESPASSES "THIS is his best book" ANN PATCHETT, author of TOM LAKE "I can't recommend this one highly enough" HARLAN...
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The million-copy bestseller: a literary murder-mystery about communities standing together against power and oppression
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"I loved this book" BONNIE GARMUS, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
"A generous, compassionate book about the power of love and community" LOUISE KENNEDY, author of TRESPASSES
"THIS is his best book" ANN PATCHETT, author of TOM LAKE
"I can't recommend this one highly enough" HARLAN COBEN
THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER
BARACK OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK
AMAZON.COM NO.1 BOOK OF THE YEAR
BOOK OF THE YEAR IN: THE GUARDIAN, NEW YORKER, NEW YORK TIMES, TIME MAGAZINE, HARPER'S BAZAAR, OPRAH DAILY AND WASHINGTON POST
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighbourhood where Jewish immigrants and African Americans lived side by side through the 1920s and '30s.
In this novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them, James McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community - heaven and earth - that sustain us.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781399620420
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 September 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 278g
Pages: 400
About the Author
James McBride is the author of the New York Times-bestselling Oprah's Book Club selection Deacon King Kong, the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, the million-copy-bestselling memoir The Colour of Water, the novels Song Yet Sung and Miracle at St. Anna, the story collection Five-Carat Soul, and Kill 'Em and Leave, a biography of James Brown. The recipient of a National Humanities Medal and an accomplished musician, McBride is also a distinguished writer in residence at New York University.
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