
We will be meeting online on Tuesday, 3/25/25 at 5pm to discuss The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride.
“Classic McBride: He doesn’t shy away from bold statements about the national catastrophes of race and xenophobia, and he always gives us a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down. The sugar is McBride’s spitfire dialogue and murder-mystery-worthy plot machinations; his characters’ big personalities and bigger storylines; his wisecracking, fast talking humor; and prose so agile and exuberant that reading him is like being at a jazz jam session. . . . Reading McBride just feels good—we are comforted and entertained, and braced for the hard lessons he also delivers.” —The Atlantic
Please email Mountain View Public and School Library for an invitation. Space is limited and Zoom sign-up is required.
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