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A review by theresa_mysteries_and_mayhem
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
5.0
It took me a minute to get into The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. But true to my reading tendencies, as soon as I cozied up to the characters, I was fully invested in their stories. And so many stories were intertwined in this book.
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store takes us back to the early 1900s in Pottstown, PA, a segregated town where hatred is openly displayed and accepted. The story focuses on Jewish and Black families who live on Chicken Hill. The grocery store is run by a Jewish woman who is far ahead of her time in her way of acceptance of all and writing scathing letters to the editor about the town's prejudiced tendencies.
I'm so happy I decided to pick up this book. Its characters and their stories will live in my head and heart for quite some time. I just wish I could say that as a country we've learned and grown since the time this story took place. We may have taken a few staggering steps sideways since then.
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store takes us back to the early 1900s in Pottstown, PA, a segregated town where hatred is openly displayed and accepted. The story focuses on Jewish and Black families who live on Chicken Hill. The grocery store is run by a Jewish woman who is far ahead of her time in her way of acceptance of all and writing scathing letters to the editor about the town's prejudiced tendencies.
I'm so happy I decided to pick up this book. Its characters and their stories will live in my head and heart for quite some time. I just wish I could say that as a country we've learned and grown since the time this story took place. We may have taken a few staggering steps sideways since then.