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Bailey's Cafe

Gloria Naylor
3.9
(39)
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Pages
229
Year
2017
Language
English
Publisher
Open Road Media

About

In post–World War II Brooklyn, on a quiet backstreet, there's a little place that draws people from all over-not for the food, and definitely not for the coffee. An in-between place that's only there when you need it, Bailey's Cafe is a crossroads where patrons stay for a while before making a choice: Move on or check out? In this novel, National Book Award–winning author Gloria Naylor's expertly crafted characters experience a journey full of beauty and heartbreak.

Related Subjects

  • Magical Realism
  • Adult Fiction
  • Literary
  • Historical
  • African American & Black
  • Women

Reviews

"A moving and memorable novel about a café where everyone has a story to tell from the award-winning author of The Women of Brewster Place."
The Boston Globe
"Touching on gender, race, and the African American experience, Bailey's Café is a sublime achievement about the resilience of the human spirit."
People Magazine
"Told in contrasting shades of harsh, comic and magic realism…Moving…Crackles with passion and wit…It is an unforgettable successor to Ellison's metaphor of the invisible man, and as incandescent."
The Los Angeles Times

Artists

Gloria NaylorAuthor

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