Baileys Cafe, Gloria Naylor
Baileys Cafe, Gloria Naylor
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Bailey's Café

Author: Gloria Naylor

Narrator: Anonymous

Unabridged: 6 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/19/2010

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Welcome to Bailey's Café, the most mythically real diner you've ever walked into. Presided over by Bailey and his helpmate, Nadine, it is a magnet that draws a wide variety of the "colored" people of 1948, each with a story to tell. Bailey tells us about his love for his strong, quiet wife, and shares his haunting memories of World War II. Then, one by one, we hear from the café's regulars. There is Sadie, whose addiction to alcohol is second only to her mania for cleanliness; the oddly maternal Eve, whose bordello accepts only fresh flowers as legal tender; Sweet Esther, who takes nothing but white roses for her particular favors; Peaches, whose badly mutilated face is a sharp contrast to her beautiful body; Jesse Bell, who cannot overcome her lust for heroin; Miss Maple (whose real name is Stanley); and Mariam, the Ethiopian child who may be the bearer of a miracle. Gloria Naylor, author of "Women of Brewster Place" and "Mama Day", has created perhaps her finest work in "Bailey's Café". Her wonderful chorus of characters tell tales of woe and fortitude, prejudice and pride; Naylor has transformed the trials of these outcasts into timeless truths about the strengths of people everywhere.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aitor on March 01, 2023

Uno va haciéndose mayor (lo de sentirse mayor es otro tema) y recuerdo Cheers, aquella serie que se emitió con mucho éxito en los años ochenta. Incluso podría lanzarme a cantar la canción de la intro con la mítica frase "Where everybody knows your name". El caso es que unos cuantos años después tuve......more

Goodreads review by Katie on September 28, 2022

A really powerful read - quite harrowing in places, uplifting in others. More like a series of interconnected stories than a novel. I'd really recommend.......more

Goodreads review by Juanjo on February 21, 2023

No podría explicar muy bien porque la gente sigue viniendo a La Librería Ambulante a comprar sus libros. Muchos dirán que por los clubes de lectura. Ya te digo yo que no. En la mayoría de las ocasiones no sabemos ni en que hora vivimos y más de una vez hemos lanzado el "GO" horas más tarde de lo que......more

Goodreads review by Ananya on April 30, 2018

Gloria Naylor is one of my absolute favourites now, so much that I'll eat whatever story she feeds me without even asking what ingredients she put in to cook them. I had begun with Women of Brewster Place, but I fell for her writing and the amazing way of storytelling with Men of Brewster Place and......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on December 29, 2012

I didn’t like this book at first, and that’s mainly because there’s too much baseball in the first chapter. It’s a language I don’t speak. It’s also a little obscure in the beginning. Even though there was some beautiful writing, I thought about laying the book aside. The second chapter was breathta......more