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020			_a9781250107947 (hardback)
082	0	0	_aFic M7811 2017
100	1		_aMoore, Edward Kelsey.
245	1	4	_aThe Supremes sing the happy heartache blues / _cby Edward Kelsey Moore.
260			_aNew York : _bHenry Holt and Company, _cc2017.
300			_a299 pages ; _c25 cm
337			_aunmediated _bn
520			_a"From the author of the bestselling The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, an exuberant and poignant new novel of passions, family, and forgiveness. When a late life love affair blooms between Mr. Forrest Payne, the owner of the Pink Slipper Gentleman's Club, and Miss Beatrice Jordan, famous for stationing herself at the edge of the club's parking lot and yelling warnings of eternal damnation at the departing patrons, their wedding summons a legend to town. Mr. El Walker, the great guitar bluesman, comes home to give a command performance in Plainview, Indiana, a place he'd sworn--and for good reason--he'd never set foot in again. But El is not the only Plainview native with a hurdle to overcome. A wildly philandering husband struggles at last to prove his faithfulness to the wife he's always loved. A young transwoman lights out for show biz and Chicago to escape her father's wrath and live an authentic life. And among those in this tightly knit community who show up every Sunday after church for lunch at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, are the lifelong friends, known locally as "The Supremes" --Clarice, facing down her longing for, chance at and fear of a great career; Barbara Jean, grappling at last with the loss of a mother whose life humiliated both of them, and Odette, reaching toward her husband through an anger of his that she does not understand. Ed Moore's lively cast of characters, each of whom have surmounted serious trouble and come into love, need not learn how to survive but how, fully, to live. And they do, every one of them, serenaded by the bittersweet and unforgettable blues song El Walker plays, born of his own great loss and love"-- _cProvided by publisher.
526			_aFICTION
650		0	_aAfrican American women--Fiction.
650		0	_aDomestic fiction.
650		0	_aDiners (Restaurants)
650		0	_aCultural heritage--Fiction.
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