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 WATERSTONES FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER 2024
THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER
BARACK OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK
AMAZON.COM NO.1 BOOK OF THE YEAR

'I loved this book' BONNIE GARMUS
'A generous, compassionate book about the power of love and community' LOUISE KENNEDY
'I can't recommend this one highly enough ' HARLAN COBEN
'THIS is his best book' ANN PATCHETT

In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighbourhood where Jewish immigrants and African Americans lived side by side through the 1920s and '30s.

In this novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them, James McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community - heaven and earth - that sustain us.©2023 James McBride (P)2023 Penguin Random House Audio LLC African American Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Jewish Jewish Heritage Small Town & Rural World Literature Inspiring Heartfelt Thought-Provoking
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Had no idea what to expect but loved this story. Actually glad the traffic was awful this week so I could listen. Loved the characters, well not all of them! Five stars.

Fabulous

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Complexity of interwoven stories. The voice droned a bit. Surprised to learn the pecking order of racism to
Include Jews next to blacks

The multitude of characters

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Absolutely loved this book. A clever story where all the characters came alive. Well read and will recommend it to all my friends.

A wonderful book

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Beautifully read, with a gentle open hearted style which brought the story and all it's characters to life.
Take time to enjoy and get to know the folk on the hill, they will stay with you as friends forever.

A heartfelt and uplifting story of human kindness through adversity.

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Beautiful, thoughtful, thought provoking storytelling. Narrator’s voice has a calming tone. I loved every word.

Wonderfully woven story

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