Excerpt from Five-Carat Soul by James McBride, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

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Five-Carat Soul by James McBride

Five-Carat Soul

by James McBride
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  • First Published:
  • Sep 26, 2017, 320 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Sep 2018, 336 pages
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Excerpted from Five-Carat Soul by Laura McBride. Copyright © 2017 by Laura McBride. Excerpted by permission of Riverhead Books. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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