The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
About this book
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 immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. As these characters' stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town's white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community-heaven and earth-that sustain us.
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 341058 readers · 561 pages · ≈ 10 h 23 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store?
About ≈ 10 h 23 m — 561 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store?
561 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store?
It sits on the Historical Fiction, Fiction shelves.
Is The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Where does The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store take place?
It is set in Pennsylvania, Pottstown, Reading during 1936, 1972.
Who wrote The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store?
James McBride (1119–0).