Our club just did 'The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store' by James McBride, and it was a unanimous hit. It’s a vibrant, sprawling novel about a community in a Pennsylvania town in the 1930s, centered around a mysterious skeleton found in a well. McBride weaves together dozens of characters from Black and Jewish communities with such warmth and humor. It feels like listening to a great, rambling story from a gifted storyteller. The discussion ranged from the themes of found family and resilience to the actual mystery plot. It’s joyful and deeply human, which made for a really uplifting meeting after some heavier books we’ve done. It’s the kind of book that makes you want to talk about the people in it as if they’re real.
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