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Alpha Book Club

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adult
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Event Details

This month's  Alpha Book Club selection is 2023 novel The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride! All are welcome to join and registration is not required. You may obtain a print copy through our catalog system here or as an eBook or eAudiobook here. If you have any questions or experience difficulty obtaining a copy, please contact Karrah Kuykendall at the number or email listed below.

Join a virtual author chat with author James McBride thanks to the Illinois Libraries Presents group on Wed., Feb. 4th here:

https://www.rockislandlibrary.org/event/ilp-presents-james-mcbride-21333

 

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

When a skeleton is unearthed in the small, close-knit community of Chicken Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1972, an unforgettable cast of characters, living on the margins of white, Christian America closely guard a secret, especially when the truth is revealed about what happened and the part the town's white establishment played in it.

400 pages