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Bailey's Cafe

Part of Vintage Contemporaries

Author Gloria Naylor
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$15.00 US
Knopf | Vintage
On sale Aug 31, 1993 | 240 Pages | 978-0-679-74821-2
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Welcome to Bailey's Cafe, where the food isn't much, but the ambiance is graced by myth and magic. Sadie is the lady-like alcoholic with a mania for cleanliness; Sweet Esther caters to unspeakable appetites in a nearby "boarding house," taking payment only in white roses; and Mariam is the Ethiopian child who may be the bearer of a miracle. Naylor's breathtaking novel is an enthralling fusion of lives whose courage, mystery, and humor suggest nothing less than a blues tapestry of America.
Gloria Naylor was born in New York City in 1950. She received her B.A. in English from Brooklyn College and her M.A. in Afro-American studies from Yale. Her books include The Women of Brewster Place, which won both the American Book Award and the National Book Award for first novel, and was also adapted into a television movie by Oprah Winfrey; Linden Hills; Bailey's Cafe; and The Men of Brewster Place. She taught writing and literature at George Washington University, New York University, Boston University, and Cornell University. She died in 2016. View titles by Gloria Naylor

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Welcome to Bailey's Cafe, where the food isn't much, but the ambiance is graced by myth and magic. Sadie is the lady-like alcoholic with a mania for cleanliness; Sweet Esther caters to unspeakable appetites in a nearby "boarding house," taking payment only in white roses; and Mariam is the Ethiopian child who may be the bearer of a miracle. Naylor's breathtaking novel is an enthralling fusion of lives whose courage, mystery, and humor suggest nothing less than a blues tapestry of America.

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Gloria Naylor was born in New York City in 1950. She received her B.A. in English from Brooklyn College and her M.A. in Afro-American studies from Yale. Her books include The Women of Brewster Place, which won both the American Book Award and the National Book Award for first novel, and was also adapted into a television movie by Oprah Winfrey; Linden Hills; Bailey's Cafe; and The Men of Brewster Place. She taught writing and literature at George Washington University, New York University, Boston University, and Cornell University. She died in 2016. View titles by Gloria Naylor

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