A review by amber_thiels
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

3.25

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store is where the people of Chicken Hill go for their groceries. I had such high hopes, a community coming together, mixed friendships, multiple storylines. It ultimately fell a little flat for me. There were two separate stories, Dodos and the shuls waterline and within those stories were smaller stories, a murder, Chonas death, Fatty going to Philly for a fat lip. It got really confusing as to why these stories were important. The ending felt rushed and incomplete with no mention of Moshe again. I think it's more on me for having high expectations of the book more than the book being hard to get through. 
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