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McBride's novel, set in 19721970s Pottsville, Pennsylvania, wove together a multigenerational story of immigrant Jews and Black residents, mixing humor, horror, and social history.
James McBride's new novel, The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, opens in 1972 in a neighborhood of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, called Chicken Hill, a place where immigrant Jews and black Americans have l...
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McBride's novel, set in 19721970s Pottsville, Pennsylvania, wove together a multigenerational story of immigrant Jews and Black residents, mixing humor, horror, and social history.
James McBride's new novel, The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, opens in 1972 in a neighborhood of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, called Chicken Hill, a place where immigrant Jews and black Americans have lived next to each other for decades.
She reviewed James McBride's new novel, The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store.
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store is one of the best novels I've read this year.