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. 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.Įdward 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. co-host Edward Kelsey Moore discusses his second novel, The Supremes Sing the. A wildly philandering husband struggles at last to prove his faithfulness to the wife he's always loved. How do a blues man with a terrible secret, a crossdressing lounge singer. 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.īut El is not the only Plainview native with a hurdle to overcome. Forrest Payne, the owner of the Pink Slipper Gentleman's Club, and Miss Beatrice Jordan.
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. From the author of the bestselling The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues, an exuberant and poignant new novel of passions, family, and forgiveness. From the author of the bestselling The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues, an exuberant and poignant new novel of passions, family, and forgiveness
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