Bailey's Cafe (1992) (edit title/settings)

Melanie L edited the reading level of Bailey's Cafe Sunday, March 4, 2012.

• Adults - This book has very adult themes and language.

Melanie L edited the memorable quotes of Bailey's Cafe Sunday, March 4, 2012.

• Added a quotation: “If I could get through all I'd gotten through, then I was overqualified to be the mayor of New Orleans. And much too overqualified to be the governor of Louisiana. And when I kept thinkg on up the line, the comparisons were beneath contempt.”Eve
• Added a quotation: “I figure she has to find something to nag about since I'm flawless in every other way. Each morning when she gets in I tell her just that, and what she tells me is pretty near unrepeatable.”Bailey
• Added a quotation: “You do right by the woman who has your kids. Don't care what you may think of her, them are your kids.”Mother Bell
• Added a quotation: “But I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just suppose to make you feel.”Bailey

Melanie L edited the settings of Bailey's Cafe Sunday, March 4, 2012.

• Added a setting: Ethiopia: Home to Mariam.
• marked the description of Ethiopia as not a spoiler

Melanie L edited the settings of Bailey's Cafe Sunday, March 4, 2012.

• changed the overview: It is 1948 and Bailey's Cafe is a place where the coffe is lousy, Bailey looked to cook from the Navy mess, the peach cobbler is made and served when Nadine is the the mood, and the customers are so different they don't get along. No menu exists because there is only one thing served a each day of the week with anything you want on the weekends (but you better eat it). Fried Chicken - Monday, Hamburger - Tuesday, Hash - Wednesday, Pork Chop - Thursday, and Fish on Friday.
• Added a setting: Pilottown, Louisiana: Where Eve grew up
• marked the description of Pilottown, Louisiana as not a spoiler
• Added a setting: Arabi, Louisiana: 10 miles away from New Orleans
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• Added a setting: New Orleans, Louisiana: Eve spent 10 years here
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• Added a setting: Manhattan, New York: Home to Jesse Bell.
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• Added a setting: Sugar Hill: Home to Jesse Bell King.
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• Added a setting: Imperial Valley, California: Home to Stanley.
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Melanie L edited the characters of Bailey's Cafe Sunday, March 4, 2012.

• Added a character: Billy Boy: A grown man with an infant mind from Eve's past.
• marked the description of Billy Boy as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Godfather: A preacher that found and raised Eve.
• marked the description of Godfather as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Mary "Peaches": A beautiful woman that became the whore she saw in the mirror.
• marked the description of Mary "Peaches" as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Daddy Jim: Peaches father
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• Added a character: Jesse Bell King: A drug addict from Manhattan
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• Added a character: Mother Bell: Jesse's mother and a great woman
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• Added a character: Uncle Eli: Controlled the Kings and hated women
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• Added a character: Gabriel "Gabe": A Russian Jew that escape Hitler and owns a pawnshop that is never open down the street from Bailey's Cafe.
• marked the description of Gabriel "Gabe" as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Angel: Sister Carrie's thirteen year old daughter. She is the youngest person around Bailey's Cafe. She is an old soul.
• marked the description of Angel as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Stanley Beckwourth Booker Taliaferro Washington Carver "Miss Maple": Works as housekeeper and bouncer for Eve. Wants to get into the world of advertising.
• marked the description of Stanley Beckwourth Booker Taliaferro Washington Carver "Miss Maple" as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Aunt Hazel: Stanley's favorite aunt.
• marked the description of Aunt Hazel as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Mariam: A young girl from Africa expecting a child.
• marked the description of Mariam as not a spoiler

Melanie L edited the characters of Bailey's Cafe Friday, March 2, 2012.

• Added a character: Iceman Jones: Delivers ice via horse. Knows that when he gets a truck the ice business will probably be over. He is a widower that likes Sadie.
• marked the description of Iceman Jones as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Eve: She runs a whore house. Bailey's 1st customer.
• marked the description of Eve as not a spoiler

Melanie L edited the settings of Bailey's Cafe Thursday, March 1, 2012.

• Added a setting: Chicago, Illinois: Bailey's Cafe is located on the South Side of Chicago.
• marked the description of Chicago, Illinois as not a spoiler

Melanie L edited the characters of Bailey's Cafe Thursday, March 1, 2012.

• Added a character: Sadie: A lady. A regular that Deenie waited on twice in a row. Sadie would look 60 one day and 70 the next. She was a wino and a 25 cent whore.
• marked the description of Sadie as not a spoiler

Melanie L edited the settings of Bailey's Cafe Thursday, March 1, 2012.

• changed the overview: Bailey's Cafe is a place where the coffe is lousy, Bailey looked to cook from the Navy mess, the peach cobbler is made and served when Nadine is the the mood, and the customers are so different they don't get along. No menu exists because there is only one thing served a each day of the week with anything you want on the weekends (but you better eat it). Fried Chicken - Monday, Hamburger - Tuesday, Hash - Wednesday, Pork Chop - Thursday, and Fish on Friday.
• Added a setting: Brooklyn, New York: Where Bailey grew up.
• marked the description of Brooklyn, New York as not a spoiler
• Added a setting: Steeplechase Park: A bit of amusement for just about everyone's taste expect Nadine. Bailey often took Nadine here on dates.
• marked the description of Steeplechase Park as not a spoiler
• Added a setting: Guadalcanal: Bailey's station in World War II.
• marked the description of Guadalcanal as not a spoiler

Melanie L edited the characters of Bailey's Cafe Thursday, March 1, 2012.

• reordered the characters.
• 1 : Bailey: Not his real name. He and his wife own Bailey's Cafe and he is the narrator. Bailey is a World War II (Pacific) vetran and loves baseball - especially the Negro League.
• 2 : Nadine "Deenie": Bailey's wife. A laugh or a smile is rare.
• 3 : Mr. Van Morrison: A rich black man in Brooklyn who Bailey's parents work for. While rich he is not accepted by white society.
• 4 : Mrs. Van Morrison: Married to Mr. Van Morrison. She did not want to hire black servants although she is also black. Wants to fit into white society.
• 5 : Sister Carrie: Cornerstone of the Temple of Perpetual Redemption. A woman afraid of her own appeties.
• 6 : Sugar Man: All-aroudn hustler and pimp. He is a little man that dresses to the nines and practically lives in a 1936 Dusenberg. Is is charged 3x what the meal is worth because he would insist on paying for it anyway.