Scribner, 9/21/2004 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Acceptable. 1.4016 in x 9.0984 in x 6.0984 in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

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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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Seller: Once Upon a Time Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: mon0001026746
Title: About Grace: A Novel
Author: Doerr, Anthony
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0743261828
ISBN 13: 9780743261821
Publisher: Scribner
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 9/21/2004 12:00:01 A
Size: 1.4016 in x 9.0984 in x 6.0984 i
Bookseller catalogs: Book;
X weight: 1.4000 lb

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