Bailey's Cafe - Hardcover

Naylor, Gloria

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0434498440 ISBN 13: 9780434498444

Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd, 1992

Synopsis

Bailey's Cafe, on a street it shares with a brothel and a pawnbrokers, is only there if you need it. Everyone has their song to sing and the regulars are singing the blues. By the author of "The Women of Brewster Place" which won the American Book Award for First Fiction in 1983.

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: William Heinemann Ltd
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0434498440
• ISBN 13: 9780434498444
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256