Join us to discuss THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride. For a copy of the book, contact Lindsay Barber-Peddycoart at lbarber@cooklib.org. DROP IN
When a skeleton is unearthed in the small, close-knit community of Chicken Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1972, an unforgettable cast of characters -- living on the margins of white, Christian America -- closely guard a secret, especially when the truth is revealed about what happened and the part the town's white establishment played in it.
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