{"product_id":"baileys-cafe","title":"Bailey's Cafe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY IRENOSEN OKOJIE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gloria Naylor is gifted with timeless wisdom, bottomless empathy, and limitless language. Her novels will shine a light for readers and writers for generations to come' \u003c\/b\u003eTAYARI JONES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A virtuoso orchestration of survival, suffering, courage and humour'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn postwar Brooklyn, on a quiet backstreet, there's a little place that draws people from all over - not for the food, and definitely not for the coffee. An in-between place that's only there when you need it, Bailey's Cafe is a crossroads where patrons stay for a while before making a choice: Move on or check out?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere's Sadie, the ladylike alcoholic with a mania for cleanliness; Sweet Esther, who caters to unspeakable appetites in a nearby 'boarding house', taking payment only in white roses; and Mariam, the Ethiopian child who may be the bearer of a miracle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNaylor's breath-taking novel is an enthralling fusion of lives whose courage, mystery and humour suggest nothing less than a blues tapestry of America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gloria Naylor was one of the greatest novelists who ever lived.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe holds a hallowed place in the canon, and also in hearts, minds, bodies, and spirits' \u003c\/b\u003eROBERT JONES, Jr., author of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Prophets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gloria Naylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55099923267863,"sku":"9780349016191","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/9132\/8279\/files\/baileys-cafe_9de05fa4-00bc-42df-a1cd-fd937d6ba26c.jpg?v=1788314336","url":"https:\/\/amplifybookstore.com\/products\/baileys-cafe","provider":"Amplify Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}