Friday, December 27, 2013

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can Eat Diner / Edward Kelsey Moore / 320 pages

What a fun book!  Three African American women Odette, Barbara Jean, and Clarice grow up together and remain friends for life in a small town in Indiana.  Together they survive the racial tensions of the 60's, an interracial love, a philandering husband, lost dreams, cancer, alcoholism and other trials as they remain fast and true friends.  Throw in the fact that Odette can see and hear ghosts (including those of her mother and the tipsy Eleanor Roosevelt) and you have yourself a hilarious but poignant story about love and enduring friendship.  There are plenty of laughs and uplifting moments that will make you happy you've made the acquaintance of these three women, affectionately known in town as "the Supremes." 

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