# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Well Read (Best Sellers) Book Club "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 08 May, 2025 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for our monthly best sellers book club! This month we will be discussing the book "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride.

"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 neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe’s theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe.

As these characters’ stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town’s white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community—heaven and earth—that sustain us."


Call us or stop in today to grab your copy of the book for 15% off!



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Please bring a chair (the folding camp chairs are perfect) if you have one. We do have limited seating available.
We also recommend bringing a copy of the book to refer back to but it is not required.
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You are still welcome to join us, however, please be aware there will likely be spoilers during our discussion.
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While we greatly appreciate you purchasing your book through us, it is not required. We do offer 15% off your book club book when purchased through us. 
If audiobooks are more your thing, it is also available through our partner link with libro.fm:
https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780593684122?bookstore=wellreadmn
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/elk-river/well-read-best-sellers-book-club-the-heaven-and-earth-grocery-store/200028111075524
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Elk River
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 310 Jackson Ave NW , Elk River, MN, United States, Minnesota 55330
- **lat**: 45.30334
- **long**: -93.56709
- **full address**: 310 Jackson Ave NW , Elk River, MN, United States, Minnesota 55330

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Well Read (Best Sellers) Book Club "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" being held?
  - **A:** Well Read (Best Sellers) Book Club "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" takes place on Thu, 08 May, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 08 May, 2025 at 06:00 pm at 310 Jackson Ave NW , Elk River, MN, United States, Minnesota 55330.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Well Read (Best Sellers) Book Club "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"?
  - **A:** Well Read (Best Sellers) Book Club "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" is organized by Well Read Books.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Well Read (Best Sellers) Book Club "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Elk River, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Well Read (Best Sellers) Book Club "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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