Bailey's Cafe by Gloria Naylor

Bailey's Cafe by Gloria Naylor

Welcome to Bailey's Caf , the most mythically real diner you've ever walked into. Presided over by Bailey and his helpmate, Nadine, it is a magnet that draws a wide variety of the colored people of 1948, each with a story to tell. Bailey tells us about his love for his strong, quiet wife, and shares his haunting memories of World War I. Then, one by one, we hear from the caf 's regulars. There is Sadie, whose addiction to alcohol is second only to her mania for cleanliness; the oddly maternal Eve, whose bordello accepts only fresh flowers as legal tender; Sweet Esther, who takes nothing but white roses for her particular favors; Peaches, whose badly mutilated face is a sharp contrast to her beautiful body; Jesse Bell, who cannot overcome her lust for heroin; Miss Maple (whose real name is Stanley); and Mariam, the Ethiopian child who may be the bearer of a miracle. Gloria Naylor, author of Women of Brewster Place and Mama Day, has created perhaps her finest work in Bailey's Caf . Her wonderful chorus of characters tell tales of woe and fortitude, prejudice and pride; Naylor has transformed the trials of these outcasts into timeless truths about the strengths of people everywhere.

Gloria Naylor (1950-2016) was born in New York City and grew up there. She graduated from Brooklyn College with a BA in English and Yale University with an MA in Afro-American Studies. The Women of Brewster Place, her first novel, won the National Book Award for first fiction in 1983. Linden Hills (Penguin), Mother Day, Bailey's Cafe, and The Men of Brewster Place are among her other works. Tayari Jones (foreword) is the New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage, which was chosen by Oprah for her Book Club and is a favorite of Barack Obama, as well as Silver Sparrow, The Untelling, and Leaving Atlanta. She is a professor-at-large at Cornell University and an Emory University professor of creative writing.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780679748212
ISBN 10	0679748210
Title	Bailey's Cafe
Author	Gloria Naylor
Series	Vintage Contemporaries
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1993-08-31
Number of pages	240
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