July’s Open Book Club: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Open Book Club meets next on Monday, July 1.

Two In-Person Sessions:
10 – 11 am at Morningside Branch Library
5 to 6 pm at the Aalfs Downtown Library (free parking in the evening)

July’s title is The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

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 neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. As these characters’ stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins struggle and what they must do to survive. 

CLICK HERE to find the book in the Library catalog

Can’t make it to the in-person meetings? Sign up to attend the Virtual Book Club on July 3 from 12 noon to 1 pm – Get Registered Here!