Bailey's Cafe: Naylor, Gloria: 9780151104505

Bailey's Cafe is a magical place where misfits come together to share their motivations, desires, obsessions, and idiosyncrasies.

Set in 1948 Brooklyn, this novel by the author of The Women of Brewster Place offers a powerful and evocative portrayal of life at the crossroads of the world.

With lyrical vignettes combining first- and third-person narration, the story reveals the lives of prostitutes, pimps, madams, and other human flotsam, offering redemption and rebirth to some, while serving as a last stop before oblivion for others.

The slightly supernatural character of the cafe recalls elements in the author's previous work, Mama Day, and the story of Miss Maple, a cross-dressing male mathematics Ph.D.

who finds fortune and liberation as housekeeper at the brownstone bordello down the block, is reminiscent of Ralph Ellison's finest work.

With major ad/promo and author tour, Bailey's Cafe is a must-read for anyone looking to experience life in New York and America in the era that followed WW II.