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Bailey's CafeGloria Naylor

Bailey's Cafe

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"Welcome to Bailey's Cafe, the most mythically real eating place you've ever walked into. Presided over by Bailey himself and his helpmate, Nadine, it is a magnet that draws a wide variety of society's detritus, each with her own story to tell." "There is Sadie, whose addiction to alcohol is second only to her mania for cleanliness; and the oddly maternal Eve, whose bordello accepts only fresh flowers as legal tender; Sweet Esther, who takes nothing but white roses for her very particular favors; and Peaches, whose badly mutilated face is in sharp contrast to her goddess's body; Jesse Bell,…

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10 editions
  • Audiobook · English · 2010
    Brilliance Audio Lib Edn · 9781441848635
  • Audiobook · English · 1993
    Bailey's Café (Bookcassette(r) Edition)
    Bookcassette · 9781561004959
  • Audiobook · English · 1993
    Bailey's Café
    Unabridged Library Edition · 9781561001279
  • Other · English · 2017
    Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 229 pages · 9781504043168
  • Other · English · 2010
    Bailey's Café
    Brilliance Audio · 9781441836038
  • Other · English · 1993
    Vintage Books · 229 pages · 9780679748212
FictionRestaurantsAfrican AmericansLarge type booksFiction, psychologicalFiction, african american, general