About Grace: A Novel

Anthony Doerr

ISBN 10: 0743261828 / ISBN 13: 9780743261821

Published by Scribner, 2004

Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0743261828I3N10

Synopsis:

Possessing an unsettling ability to predict random future events, Anchorage resident David Winkler foresees his infant daughter's drowning death and travels thousands of miles to Ohio and the Caribbean to prevent the tragedy, learning about human frailty and the importance of everyday miracles along the way. By the author of The Shell Collector. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.

Review: Howard Normanauthor of "The Bird Artist" and "In Fond Remembrance of Me"Like a gazetteer of a singular existence, "About Grace" is worldly -- it takes place in Alaska, Ohio, the Caribbean -- yet the story and its unusual hero, David Winkler, right away become fixed in a reader's attentions and stay there. "About Grace" is full of exacting dreams, marvelous incident, tragicomic underpinnings, and a dedication to the fundamental eccentricity of life. With the stories in The Shell Collector, we discovered a writer of immense talent; this novel gives us a sense that Mr. Doerr may become an indispensable one.

Bibliographic Details

Title: About Grace: A Novel
Publisher: Scribner
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket