Join us to discuss "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride. A National Book Award winner for "The Good Lord Bird," and author of "Deacon King Kong," McBride tells a vibrant tale of Chicken Hill, a working-class neighborhood of Jewish, Black and European immigrant families in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Adults.
Join us to discuss "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride. A National Book Award winner for "The Good Lord Bird" and author of "Deacon King Kong," McBride tells a vibrant tale of Chicken Hill, a working-class neighborhood of Jewish, Black, and European immigrant families in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, where the 1972 discovery of a human skeleton unearths events that took place several decades earlier. This endlessly rich saga highlights the different ways in which people look out for one another. (Publishers Weekly)
Adults.