Ordinary Grace: A Novel
Mar 2013 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF THE CENTURY
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
WINNER OF THE DILYS AWARD
A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
“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.
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF THE CENTURY
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
WINNER OF THE DILYS AWARD
A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
“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.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF THE CENTURY
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
WINNER OF THE DILYS AWARD
A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
“That was it. That was all of it. A grace so ordinary there was no reason at all to remember it. Yet I have ne...
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Kathleen Adams Easley
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January 7, 2016
Very good read. Story that pulled me into thoughts of my youth and how simple life was...also about getting through tragedy and keeping your faith. Great writing.
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Richard Fritz
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November 22, 2016
Being deaf and hard of hearing to the point which I only hear sounds with amplication I could relate to a certain character in the story as far as having to sign what you want to say. That is about the only thing though. The story has been written with care and descriptive where needed and not overdone which I have seen in other books. Never read anything by this author before but will try another one. I really enjoyed the story.
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Julie Overman
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November 21, 2015
Enjoyed the plot but too slow in places. Was expecting more of a mystery but I figured it out too soon and then was bored.
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About the author
William Kent Krueger is the New York Times bestselling author of The River We Remember, This Tender Land, Ordinary Grace (winner of the Edgar Award for best novel), and the original audio novella The Levee, as well as twenty acclaimed books in the Cork O’Connor mystery series, including Spirit Crossing, Fox Creek, and Lightning Strike. He lives in the Twin Cities with his family. Learn more at WilliamKentKrueger.com.
William Kent Krueger is the New York Times bestselling author of The River We Remember, This Tender Land, Ordinary Grace (winner of the Edgar Award for best novel), and the original audio novella The Levee, as well as twenty acclaimed books in the Cork O’Connor mystery series, including Spirit Cr...
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