{"product_id":"9781250107923","title":"The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Moore, besides being laugh out loud hilarious, has a profound understanding of human nature . . . A truly remarkable writer. This book is a joy to read.” —Fannie Flagg, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Town’s Talking \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The arrival of [Moore’s] new novel had me singing anything but the blues.”—Julia Glass, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA House Among the Trees \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThree Junes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues,\u003c\/i\u003e an exuberant and poignant new novel of passions, family, and forgiveness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Kelsey 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127621665008,"sku":"9781250107923","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250107923_p0.jpg?v=1769892071","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250107923","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}