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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

By: James McBride
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
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WATERSTONES FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER 2024
THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER
BARACK OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK
AMAZON.COM NO.1 BOOK OF THE YEAR

'I loved this book' BONNIE GARMUS
'A generous, compassionate book about the power of love and community' LOUISE KENNEDY
'I can't recommend this one highly enough ' HARLAN COBEN
'THIS is his best book' ANN PATCHETT

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.©2023 James McBride (P)2023 Penguin Random House Audio LLC
Family Life Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural

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How many stories become one big story.

Lovely wholesome story on the strength of love, loyalty and seeing people for who they are not what colour their skin is or their originates.

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Heavy but worth the read!

I started on paperback for book club and I was getting very lost but I decided to continue on audio and I’m glad I did because the performance really helped and it’s a book that you should read, although it’s very hard at times. Left me in tears in the end but I’m grateful for it! 💕

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Fabulous mystery crime story

Outstanding narration of a very sharp, insightful & articulate book. The Great American Story of unlikely friendships. Wonderful book.

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Very sad

This is my first of James McBride’s books. I thoroughly enjoyed and will now definitely read some of his backlist which has been tempting me for some time

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Marvellous listen

This is a wonderful and important story about American history around the 1939’s and the way different groups of immigrants live together. There’s much racism and prejudice but also tolerance and love. The characters are memorable and the narrator does an impressive job differentiating them.

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Wonderful!

James McBride is a masterful storyteller. Richly rounded characters drift in and out of an epic tale highlighting all the many forms of love.

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The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store

The characters felt real and the storyline was interesting. I have also learnt a little more about the history and geography of the area.

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excellent

this book gave me a greater understanding of the way Negro's have been treated in the States...quite disgusting..has it really improved?

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The resilience of the oppressed…

There was so much to love in this story - the humaneness was the outstanding feature for me, when bereft of all the material necessities that fill our lives, we lose sight of the true importance of being humane. The narrator was magnificent. He read an authenticity to all the characters.
I felt humbled and deeply touched. An important read.

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Good story

Took a while to get into it and all the characters, but really enjoyed it by the end. Good glimpse into the times and lives of people of then

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