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Books by James McBride mentioned on podcasts
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The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride is a celebrated historical fiction novel that won the National Book Award for Fiction, blending humor and drama in a tale set against the backdrop of the American Civil War era.
Discussed“so you might know James McBride who's the author he won the national book award for the good Lord bird which has been turned into a really great miniseries”
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Deacon King Kong
Deacon King Kong by James McBride is a vibrant and humorous novel set in a 1960s Brooklyn housing project, following the chaotic fallout after an eccentric old church deacon shoots a local drug dealer.
Recommended“and I said oh my gosh you've got to read Deacon King Kong by James McBride it's great”
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride is a rich, character-driven novel that explores community, race, and humanity within a tight-knit Pennsylvania neighborhood during the mid-twentieth century.
Discussed“at the end of last year we chatted about the Heaven and Earth grocery store and that was a lot of fun so go check that out”
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The color of water
James McBride's memoir The Color of Water tells the remarkable true story of growing up in Red Hook as one of twelve children born to a white mother who grew up Jewish, converted, and ultimately started a church with her first husband.
Discussed“and then I realized that I had never read the book that I think was really McBride's breakout which is his Memoir called the color of water”
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