New York, New York, U.S.A.: Scribner, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Soft Cover, Pictorial Wraps. Advance Reader's Edition. Book has some edge/corner wear and a bump with crumple and some skinning at top of spine back crease..

Synopsis

When Anthony Doerr's The Shell Collector was published in 2002, the Los Angeles Times called his stories "as close to faultless as any writer—young or vastly experienced—could wish for." He won the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Discover Prize, Princeton's Hodder Fellowship, and two O. Henrys, and shared the Young Lions Award. Now he has written one of the most beautiful, wise, and compelling first novels of recent times. David Winkler begins life in Anchorage, Alaska, a quiet boy drawn to the volatility of weather and obsessed with snow. Sometimes he sees things before they happen—a man carrying a hatbox will be hit by a bus; Winkler will fall in love with a woman in a supermarket. When David dreams that his infant daughter will drown in a flood as he tries to save her, he comes undone. He travels thousands of miles, fleeing family, home, and the future itself, to deny the dream. On a Caribbean island, destitute, alone, and unsure if his child has survived or his wife can forgive him, David is sheltered by a couple with a daughter of their own. Ultimately it is she who will pull him back into the world, to search for the people he left behind. Doerr's characters are full of grief and longing, but also replete with grace. His compassion for human frailty is extraordinarily moving. In luminous prose, he writes about the power and beauty of nature and about the tiny miracles that transform our lives. About Grace is heartbreaking, radiant, and astonishingly accomplished.

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Bookseller: Ash Grove Heirloom Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006427
Title: About Grace: A Novel
Author: Doerr, Anthony
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Issued
Edition: Advance Reader's Edition
ISBN 10: 0743261828
ISBN 13: 9780743261821
Publisher: Scribner
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
Keywords: collectible

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