Bailey's Cafe - Hardcover

Naylor, Gloria

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151104506 ISBN 13: 9780151104505

Publisher: Harcourt, 1992

Synopsis

A motley group of misfits takes on a magical aura at Bailey's Cafe+a7 as each character describes his or her motivations, desires, obsessions, and idiosyncracies. By the author of The Women of Brewster Place. 40,000 first printing. National ad/promo. Tour.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

From the Inside Flap:

Set in a diner where the food isn't very good and the ambience veers between heaven and hell, this bestselling novel from the author of Mama Day and The Women of Brewster Place is a feast for the senses and the spirit. "A virtuoso orchestration of survival, suffering, courage and humor."--New York Times Book Review.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0151104506
• ISBN 13: 9780151104505
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1