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rae_rif 's review for:
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride
3.75/5? i was v confused at first. not sure what i thought this book was about, but not this. but i ultimately did find it quite compelling, telling the story of disenfranchised black ppl and jews living in pottstown PA in the 20s and 30s. i liked the themes of community, even if the jewish learnings were obvs a bit much for me. i liked that it mostly had a happy ending, though you do have to wonder how well it all worked out for dodo and nate and addie to return to s. carolina as black folks at that time. it got a bit convoluted with the water, not sure that was all necessary. and what happened with monkey pants? some online readers said he died from that last siezure, but i thought he faked it all so as to protect dodo from being raped by the son of man? ultimately, i enjoyed the themes of justice this book leaned into. was glad nate killed son of man in the end.