A luminous novel of a powerfully intuitive young girlâs coming-of-age in a small, Midwest town in the late 1960s.
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Eleven-year-old Grace Carter has a talent for hiding things. Sheâs had plenty of practice, burying thoughts and feelings that might anger her strict Evangelical pastor father, and concealing the deep intuition she carries inside. The Knowing, as Grace calls it, offers glimpses of peopleâs pasts and futures. It enables her to see into the depth of her motherâs sadness, and even allows Grace to talk to Isaac, her twin brother who died at birth. To her wise, loving Aunt Pearl, the Knowing is a family gift; to her daddy, itâs close to witchcraft.
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Grace canât see into someoneâs thoughts without their permission. But it doesnât take her special talent to know that her small community is harboring its share of secrets. A young girl has gone missing. Within Graceâs own family too, the cracks are widening, as her sisters Hope, Joy, and Chastity enjoy the normal life that eludes Grace. Itâs Graceâs kinship with other outsiders that keeps her afloatâLyle, a gentle, homeless man, and Lola, a free-spirited new girl at school. But when her mother lapses into deep depression after bringing home a new baby, Grace will face a life-changing choiceâignore her gift and become the obedient daughter her father demands, or find the courage to make herself heard, even if it means standing apartâĻ
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âA heartfelt and beautifully crafted coming-of-age debutâĻDon't miss this one.ââLesley Kagen, New York Times bestselling author
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A luminous novel of a powerfully intuitive young girlâs coming-of-age in a small, Midwest town in the late 1960s.
Eleven-year-old Grace Carter has a talent for hiding things. Sheâs had plenty of practice, burying thoughts and feelings that might anger her strict Evangelical pastor father, and ...