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WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY IRENOSEN OKOJIE
''Gloria Naylor is gifted with timeless wisdom, bottomless empathy, and limitless language. Her novels will shine a light for readers and writers for generations to come'' TAYARI JONES
''A virtuoso orchestration of survival, suffering, courage and humour'' New York Times Book Review
In postwar 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?
There''s Sadie, the ladylike alcoholic with a mania for cleanliness; Sweet Esther, who caters to unspeakable appetites in a nearby ''boarding house'', taking payment only in white roses; and Mariam, the Ethiopian child who may be the bearer of a miracle. Naylor''s breath-taking novel is an enthralling fusion of lives whose courage, mystery and humour suggest nothing less than a blues tapestry of America.
''Gloria Naylor was one of the greatest novelists who ever lived. She holds a hallowed place in the canon, and also in hearts, minds, bodies, and spirits'' ROBERT JONES, Jr., author of The New York Times bestselling novel, The Prophets