01219cam a2200217 4500 503782860 TxAuBib 20171003120000.0 170317s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780735216693 073521669X TxAuBib McBride, James, 1957- Five-carat soul / James McBride. New York : Riverhead Books, 2017. 308 pages. The stories in Five-Carat Soul...spring from the place where identity, humanity, and history converge...McBride explores the ways we learn from the world and the people around us. An antiques dealer discovers that a legendary toy commissioned by Civil War General Robert E. Lee now sits in the home of a black minister in Queens. Five strangers find themselves thrown together and face unexpected judgment. An American president draws inspiration from a conversation he overhears in a stable. And members of The Five-Carat Soul Bottom Bone Band recount stories from their own messy and hilarious lives. 20171003. Short stories. Short stories, American.