Who wrote The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store?

James McBride wrote The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, first published in 2023. It is a work of literary fiction and is rated 'Essential Read' in our catalogue.

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The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store

Name: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
Author: James McBride

by James McBride · 2023

Literary Fiction · ranked #54 in category

In 1972, workers digging a water main in Pottstown, Pennsylvania uncover a skeleton that unravels the hidden history of a neighbourhood shared by Black and Jewish communities in the 1930s. McBride's warm, morally complex novel is about the unlikely alliances between the marginalised and what a community of outcasts can offer each other.

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