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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store is a novel by American writer James McBride. It was released in 2023 to critical success. The novel tells the story of Black and Jewish residents of the Chicken Hill neighborhood of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in the 1920s and '30s.

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GenreLiterary fiction· first published 2023

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A small-town community in Pennsylvania hides a secret and comes together across racial lines. Longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction.

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