Ask a Bookseller: 'The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store'
Shane Grebel of Watermark Books & Café in Wichita, Kan., says his favorite book of the year is the novel “The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride. With the successes of his previous books, including National Book Award winner “The Good Lord Bird,” “The Color of Water,” and “Deacon King Kong,” it's no surprise that McBride's newest novel debuted in August as an instant New York Times Bestseller. McBride says the book is worth the hype. The novel opens in 1972 with a body discovered at the bottom of a well. Who is it, and how did it get there? The answers to these well-kept town…
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