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"The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride

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"The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride

PBS Books Programming 2024 Episode 13 | 30m 45s

Heather-Marie Montilla is joined by author James McBride to discuss his latest book “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to his book, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community—heaven and earth—that sustain us

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