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William Kent Krueger - Ordinary Grace (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
New York Times Bestseller.
Winner of The Edgar Award for Best Novel 2014.
Winner of The Dilys Award 2014.
From New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger, a brilliant novel about a young man, a small town, and murder in the summer of 1961.
“That was it. That was all of it. A grace so ordinary there was no reason at all to remember it. Yet I have never across the forty years since it was spoken forgotten a single word.”
New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961. The Twins were playing their debut season, ice-cold root beers were selling out at the soda counter of Halderson’s Drugstore, and Hot Stuff comic books were a mainstay on every barbershop magazine rack. It was a time of innocence and hope for a country with a new, young president. But for thirteen-year-old Frank Drum it was a grim summer in which death visited frequently and assumed many forms . . . Accident. Nature. Suicide. Murder.
Frank begins the season preoccupied with the concerns of any teenage boy, but when tragedy unexpectedly strikes his family - which includes his Methodist minister father; his passionate, artistic mother; Juilliard-bound older sister; and wise-beyond-his-years kid brother - he finds himself thrust into an adult world full of secrets, lies, adultery, and betrayal, suddenly called upon to demonstrate a maturity and gumption beyond his years.
Told from Frank’s perspective forty years after that fateful summer, Ordinary Grace is a brilliantly moving account of a boy standing at the door of his young manhood, trying to understand a world that seems to be falling apart around him. It is an unforgettable novel about discovering the terrible price of wisdom and the enduring grace of God.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback with Canvas Effect Cover
- Condition : Very Good (Almost As New)
- Category : Fiction - Modern Classics
- Published : 2013 (This Edition 2014 - Atria USA)
- ISBN : 9781451645859
- SKU : B003241
- PPC : SP300gm
- RRP : $17.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
“One cannot read Ordinary Grace without feeling as if it is destined to be hailed as a classic work of literature. Ordinary Grace is one of those very rare books in which one regrets reaching its end, knowing that the experience of having read it for the first time will never be repeated. Krueger, who is incapable of writing badly, arguably has given us his masterpiece.” - BookReporter.com.
“My best read so far this year.” - ReviewingtheEvidence.com.
“A thoughtful literary mystery that is wholly compelling and will appeal to fans of Dennis Lehane and Tom Franklin. . . Don’t take the title too literally, for Krueger has produced something that is anything but ordinary.” - BookPage.
“Not often does a story feel at once fresh and familiar. But Ordinary Grace, a new novel from William Kent Krueger, is both, and it is affecting.” - Denver Post.
“Ordinary Grace is engaging from the first page, a quiet novel that unfurls its sad story slowly, but eloquently, leaving its mark on your heart.” - The Missourian.
“There’s such a quiet beauty in his prose and such depth to his characters that I was completely captivated.” - Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
“A superb literary novel.” - New York Journal of Books.
“. . . the tone is much like To Kill a Mockingbird, with its combination of dread and nostalgia.” - Detroit News.
The Author
Raised in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, William Kent Krueger briefly attended Stanford University - before being kicked out for radical activities. After that, he logged timber, worked construction, tried his hand at freelance journalism, and eventually ended up researching child development at the University of Minnesota. He currently makes his living as a full-time author. He’s been married for over 40 years to a marvellous woman who is a retired attorney. He makes his home in St. Paul, a city he dearly loves.