The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

De: James McBride

Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman

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

A book that will stay with you

A beautifully rendered tale and world. Each character comes alive. You are left wanting another story in this engrossingly well developed world. A prequel of Nate would be marvellous. This is one of those books that sits within you once you have closed the cover.

utter joy

what a triumph of a novel. read on recommendation and a little because of the title i became a resident of Pottstown. i lingered at The Heaven and Earth Grocery store and strolled around Chicken Hill. a beautiful reminder that even in dark times, it is love and community - heaven and earth - that sustains us.

the narration was extraordinary - Dominic Hoffman brought a richness to each character with absolute precision.

read this book!

Heart-filling story, beautifully spoken.

McBride the author and Hoffman the narrator make magic. Search out their other collaborations; James McBride inhabits the human heart and Dominic Hoffman gives wings to the imagination through his priceless, true voices. Superb!

Wow!

A story about a lively bunch of Jewish Immigrants, African Americans and a few Italian immigrants in Pennsylvania in the mid-20C. The book is full of beautifully described characters, mundane and unusual events told/read in a natural, understated way. In the hands of a less gifted writer, it would have been a hot, noisy, convoluted mess, but McBride pulls you into the story and holds you there to a satisfying conclusion.

I can see this being turned into a movie, but I doubt it could ever be as good as reading/listening while you draw your own pictures.

Narration was superb as well; a reader probably knows a few different languages, which helps.

RECOMMEND!!

Slow to start

Really enjoyed this but found it a bit slow to start. By the end I wanted more! Narration was great. Gained so much information on those times.

Outstanding

A beautiful story, read in an exceptional way. Just brilliant. I enjoyed every second of it. Thanks for making this.

Heartfelt

A lovely listening experience. It’s a tapestry of lives being interwoven into a beautiful story.

Moving and beautiful story of friendship

But of a slow start, but powerful build up to the end. Beautiful story they touches upon history, humanity and the power of friendship bonds