{"product_id":"9781399620420-retail-the-heaven-earth-grocery-store-the-million-copy-bestseller","title":"The Heaven \u0026 Earth Grocery Store: The Million-Copy Bestseller","description":"\u003cp\u003e'I loved this book' \u003cb\u003eBONNIE GARMUS, author of\u003ci\u003e LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A generous, compassionate book about the power of love and community' \u003cb\u003eLOUISE KENNEDY, author of \u003ci\u003eTRESPASSES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'THIS is his best book' \u003cb\u003eANN PATCHETT, author of \u003ci\u003eTOM LAKE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I can't recommend this one highly enough ' \u003cb\u003eHARLAN COBEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBARACK OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAMAZON.COM NO.1 BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR IN: THE \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHARPER'S BAZAAR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOPRAH DAILY\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003cp\u003eJames McBride is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling Oprah's Book Club selection \u003ci\u003eDeacon King Kong\u003c\/i\u003e, the National Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Good Lord Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, the million-copy-bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Colour of Water\u003c\/i\u003e, the novels \u003ci\u003eSong Yet Sung\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMiracle at St. Anna\u003c\/i\u003e, the story collection \u003ci\u003eFive-Carat Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKill 'Em and Leave\u003c\/i\u003e, a biography of James Brown. The recipient of a National Humanities Medal and an accomplished musician, McBride is also a distinguished writer in residence at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46534359253211,"sku":"9781399620420-RETAIL","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/68214aad6b554e46a5fa5cde6d314345.png?v=1740536493","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781399620420-retail-the-heaven-earth-grocery-store-the-million-copy-bestseller","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}