The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat The first Supremes novel by Edward Kelsey Moore
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~ The Supremes at Earl's ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT ~ A New York Times Best-Seller Featured on the Independent Booksellers' IndieNEXT List Barnes & Noble Booksellers a "Discover Great New Writers" selection The BBC Radio2 Book Club Amazon.com More than ten months in a row -- Literature & Fiction Best Books of the Month ~ A National Blue Ribbon Selection ~ of the Direct Brands clubs: Doubleday Book Club, Quality Paperback Book Club, Black Expressions, The Literary Guild, Book-of-the-Month Club (and more) The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat has been adapted by Temple Hill Entertainment and Searchlight Pictures. Filming is complete and the movie is now in editing post-production! Visit our Home page to learn more. - Scroll further down to see the book reviews - For a Study Guide with sample questions
for your book club -- click here! See more book covers and details for the international translations -- click here! ~~ Awards and Honors ~~
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat won Edward Kelsey Moore a First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and a Best New Author award from the Go On Girl! Book Club -- the largest reading organization in the U.S. for black women. The novel was chosen by the Illinois Reading Council in 2014 for inclusion in the state-wide literacy program, ILLINOIS READS. In 2015 the book was selected by a group of six suburbs northwest of Chicago for their ComingTogether program. The theme for 2015 was: Voices of Race. During the three months of activities and presentations, The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat helped open a cultural dialogue among the 100,000 citizens who live in the area. Also in 2015, The Supremes at Earl's was the book chosen for adult readers by Books to Bridge the Region, a cultural and literary program initiative which (along with the Northwest Indiana Literacy Coalition) provided copies of the novel to high schools, universities and public libraries in seven counties of northwestern Indiana to promote reading and spark conversation among families and communities. In 2017 The Supremes at Earl’s was selected by two counties in central Indiana for their annual One Great Read program, to promote literacy and expand community inclusiveness. Extensive programming by county libraries along with other community activities included movie screenings; a photography exhibit; a book discussion at an old-style Indiana diner; several children and family events; a writing workshop; and one workshop each on digital photo archiving and scanning your family memorabilia. Plus more than a handful of additional book discussions -- and all of it relating back to The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat! ~~ Reviews ~~ "Hilarious, heartwarming and poignant. . . a rich and complicated yarn." — Chicago Tribune "[This] is a loving, compassionate novel that is literally bursting with joy and warmth." — West Deutscher Broadcasting, WDR (Germany) "In his kindhearted debut, Moore shows a seasoned ease with his funny, damaged subjects. You'll be casting the movie by the second chapter." — Entertainment Weekly "We laugh, we cry. . . do not worry, most people laugh. We finished reading the novel out of breath." — Les Echos (France) "Perhaps the most remarkable quality of The Supremes is love — the author’s love for his characters, even the most flawed, shines from every page." — Shelf Awareness "High drama and much fun." — New York Daily News "Barbara Jean, Clarice, and Odette (known as the 'Supremes'
since high school) churn the small community of Plainview, Indiana, into a Southern-fried tailspin in this debut from Edward Kelsey Moore, a professional cellist. . . Moore is a demonstrative storyteller and credits youthful eavesdropping for inspiring this multifaceted novel. Comparisons to The Help and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe are inevitable, but Moore’s take on this rowdy troupe of outspoken, lovable women has its own distinctive pluck." — Publishers Weekly "The setting is Plainview, Indiana and although the exotic backdrop is an unfamiliar Southern state in America, the midlife problems of Clarice, Odette and Barbara Jean are universal. They are black women and they faced the brutality of the civil rights struggle. This makes the novel an excellent and unpreachy chance to learn how the movement affected ordinary women. But the author’s real skill is showing what a dangerous dance this kind of long friendship can be. And if the friendship is to survive, the same rules apply wherever you happen to live." — Daily Mail (U.K.) "Throughout the Supremes’ intertwined stories is one constant — meeting and eating at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, a place where relationships are forged, scandals are aired and copious amounts of chicken are consumed. . . A novel of strong women, evocative memories and deep friendship." — Kirkus Reviews "Edward Kelsey Moore has written a novel jam-packed with warmth, honesty, wit, travail, and just enough madcap humor to keep us giddily off-balance. The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat is that rare and happy find: a book that delivers not only good story, but good company." — Leah Hager Cohen, author of House Lights and The Grief of Others "Edward Kelsey Moore, an American cellist who swapped bow and scores for a computer keyboard is able to make us laugh and cry with this first novel, written without the slightest false note." — Le Journal de Montréal (Canada) "He captures the world of black women in the '60s. . . I should also mention that [Edward Kelsey Moore] is an outstanding writer. He should be widely read." — Terry McMillan, author of Waiting to Exhale "Breathtaking. . . The supremely gifted, supremely entertaining, and supremely big-hearted Edward Kelsey Moore has conjured up the story of an entire community and, at its sparkling center, a trio of memorable heroines." — Julia Glass, author of A House Among the Trees and Three Junes (National Book Award) "Moore writes the interwoven stories of three Afro-American women, from the 1960s to the present. They are small-town mothers and wives, outwardly conventional, but with secrets. It could be the stuff of earnest tragedy, but Moore goes for comedy with an absurdist twist. Warm and insightful." — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) |
The second Supremes book
The Supremes
Sing the Happy Heartache Blues 
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International Editions of
The Supremes at Earl's 
FRENCH / Babel
GERMAN / Blanvalet
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE / Rocco
NORWEGIAN / Cappelen Damm
ITALIAN / Mondadori
DUTCH / de Fontein - de Kern
POLISH / Prószyński i S-ka
HUNGARIAN / IPC Konyvkiado
HEBREW / Yediot Sefarim
BRITISH / Hodder
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Listen to a short audio introduction by Edward Kelsey Moore of his novel, The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, and discover what gave him the idea for the main character of this book and his description of one of the scenes in the novel which was based on a real event from his own family’s history.
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Edward is a co-host on the (free!) podcast show Who The Hell Are We?. This book introduction is from that show. For more info about this entirely free podcast series, and a brief explanation of how all podcasts work — click here!
The Supremes at
Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
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A sequel to The Supremes at Earl's is available now!
The Supremes Sing
the Happy Heartache Blues
the Happy Heartache Blues
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