Β A luminous novel of a powerfully intuitive young girlβs 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. Sheβs 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 peopleβs pasts and futures. It enables her to see into the depth of her motherβs 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, itβs close to witchcraft.
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Grace canβt see into someoneβs thoughts without their permission. But it doesnβt take her special talent to know that her small community is harboring its share of secrets. A young girl has gone missing. Within Graceβs own family too, the cracks are widening, as her sisters Hope, Joy, and Chastity enjoy the normal life that eludes Grace. Itβs Graceβs kinship with other outsiders that keeps her afloatβLyle, 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 choiceβignore her gift and become the obedient daughter her father demands, or find the courage to make herself heard, even if it means standing apartβ¦
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βA heartfelt and beautifully crafted coming-of-age debutβ¦Don't miss this one.ββLesley Kagen,Β New York TimesΒ bestselling author
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A luminous novel of a powerfully intuitive young girlβs coming-of-age in a small, Midwest town in the late 1960s.
Eleven-year-old Grace Carter has a talent for hiding things. Sheβs had plenty of practice, burying thoughts and feelings that might anger her strict Evangelical pastor father, and ...