Ordinary Grace - William Kent Krueger

Ordinary Grace

ByWilliam Kent Krueger

  • Release Date: 2013-03-26
  • Genre: Literary Fiction
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 3,065 Ratings

Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
WINNER OF THE 2014 DILYS AWARD
A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2013


From New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger, a brilliant new novel about a young man, a small town, and murder in the summer of 1961.

“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.

Reviews

  • Beautiful story

    5
    By Hcvreads
    Loved this book. Moving story about families, forgiveness, seeing different perspectives and just ordinary grace. You'll be glad you read it.
  • Ordinary Grace

    5
    By STompkins66
    Awesome!
  • The Least of These

    5
    By Sparkkler
    Ordinary Grace is a mystery filled with twists and turns and glimpses of lives brought together in small town America. The post WW II period creates a nostalgia felt by readers who lived during that period. Excellent read.
  • Beautifully sad

    5
    By 406 Brad
    Fantastic book that makes you remember to love your close ones everyday.
  • Ordinary Grace

    5
    By luvvgk
    Could not put it down, many twists
  • A Lasting Impression

    5
    By neelyshields7
    A gripping and intricately woven story with achingly beautiful imagery. I didn’t want it to end.
  • Ordinary Grace

    5
    By ? Not sure
    I liked everything about this book…the characters, the story, the setting and the lessons to be learned.
  • Wonderful message

    5
    By Lads62
    After reading This Tender Land by Krueger, this was my second of his. I found both novels to be very special and I adore his characters. Ordinary Grace, however, was more difficult to get through. On the other hand, it does offer profound and rich messaging, so I’m quite happy I stuck with it!
  • Ordinary Grace

    3
    By GWYNEDD READER
    Well written.
  • Great book from start to finish!

    5
    By Sues004
    Great book from start to finish! The story was excellent. I hated to put the book down.

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