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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 Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural Inspiring Heartfelt Thought-Provoking

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A joy to listen to.
Mr McBride's story is brought beautifully to life by Dominic Hoffman.
Don't expect quick payoffs; just sit back and listen to this wonderful story unfold in it's own time.

Original and Moving

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I really enjoyed the first 3/4th of the book, but felt that the ending was a bit flat. I guess that might be the disadvantage of more realistic, slice of life stories.

Enjoyable but somewhat of a flat ending

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Not too much of a story. It was more a narrative of an area, interesting but nothing to get your teeth into

Just a narrative

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Lovely story. Beautifully written characters. Brought to life by the absolute best narrator I have listened to- and I have listened to hundreds of audiobooks. I will search him out, I could listen to him forever.

Just wonderful

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After reading a few books recently where the endings have been disappointing, this was a joy

The characters in this were fantastic - I felt I knew every one of them

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I loved so many of the characters. Chona with a heart of gold, Moshe who loved her so much, Nate Love who lived up to his name, the Jews who came to a land of hope and the blacks who came up north in the hope of escaping their chains only to find different chains.
I did get confused with some of the characters and their relationships but listened on and it all became clear.

Couldn’t put it down

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The whole tale is very cinematic. I was picturing it as a movie the whole time. Trying to cast actors in various roles. A book that will stay with me, because I feel like I lived it. Excellent atmosphere. Unforgettable characters.

Great book

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So well told. All the characters came to life. So much variety of settings with wonderful descriptions.

An unusual story about relationships.

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A stunning sprawling heartwarming American story. Gorgeous language and beautifully drawn characters brought to life by a truly exceptional narrator

Perfect story, exceptional narrator

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Beautiful story, brilliantly narrated by Dominic. The characters so beautifully drawn, they simply live on.

So good I listened twice. In a row.

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