Taft by Ann Patchett (1994)

At one point I bought all of Ann Patchett's books, lent some of the out, read most of them, but this I saved for later. Well later came this summer, and as always, I enjoyed Pathcett's take on life. It's been a while now since I read the book, but there was a black bartender, who misses his kid, and who befriends a lost young white girl he hires at his bar. She looks into people in interesting ways.