The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store (2023) is the richly-textured story of a small, diverse community centered around the Jewish-owned Heaven and Earth Grocery store in Pottstown Pennsylvania in the 20s and 30s, and of the big events – love, death, murder, kidnapping – that mark the lives of the people connected to it.

• Lovers of historical fiction
• Fans of contemporary American literature
• Anyone who likes a tale full of twists and turns

James McBride is an American writer and musician who is known for his memoirs and novels exploring themes of racial identity and tensions in the United States, most notably his 1995 memoir The Color of Water which details growing up as the son of an African American minister and a Jewish mother. McBride has won several awards for his writing including the National Book Award for The Good Lord Bird.