African American Book Club

Join us in a discussion of James McBride's Heaven and Earth Grocery Store. This is the story of Chicken Hill, PA a dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Moshe integrated his theater and Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, where she often gave food to those who could not pay. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe's theater who worked together to keep the boy safe.

After you register you may pick up a copy of the book, available in hardcover, large print at the Central Library or call  385-0150 to reserve. Also available for check out on Libby with your library account. This title is available for check out on Libby and Hoopla with your VBPL library account. Adults. Registration is required.