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| Original Title: | Ordinary Grace |
| ISBN: | 1451645821 (ISBN13: 9781451645828) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Minnesota(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Barry Award for Best Novel (2014), Anthony Award for Best Novel (2014), Dilys Award Nominee (2014), Edgar Award for Best Novel (2014), Left Coast Crime Award for Best mystery set within the United States (The Squid) (2014) Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2013) |
William Kent Krueger
Hardcover | Pages: 307 pages Rating: 4.19 | 75539 Users | 9588 Reviews
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| Title | : | Ordinary Grace |
| Author | : | William Kent Krueger |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 307 pages |
| Published | : | March 26th 2013 by Atria Books (first published 2013) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Coming Of Age. Book Club. Audiobook. Adult Fiction |
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“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.
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A beautifully told story of a family living in New Bremen during 1961 experiencing some good times along with heartaches that somehow appear unexpectedly on the door step of most individuals. Told from the perspective of a young boy Frank Drum, 13 years old, who has much on his shoulders as he strives to do the right thing, but not always succeeding. Frank loves many things in his life including his younger brother Jake who stutters most of time and he tries his best to protect him from theWhen the majority of your friends love a book that you didn't do you find yourself second guessing? Searching for that magic that everyone else felt and you missed? I wont bore you by analyzing this to death (view spoiler)[and theres lot of death in this book 1 murder just forgotten and left unsolved (hide spoiler)] Worth reading and a solid 3 stars, ordinary rather than extraordinary.Circa 1960s told through the eyes of 13 yr old Frank Drum a series of deaths disrupt the lives of everyone in a
It feels like Im the last person on Goodreads to get to this book! There are thousands of reviews on this site, so Ill limit my comments to my views on my experience of listening to the audiobook, which was superbly read by Rich Orlow.The first thing Id say is that it started really slowly and for quite a while I really didnt think Id like it. In fact, Id rate the first section of this book only 3 stars. My second observation is that by the midway point I was convinced Id worked it all out, by
The narrator of this story is Frank Drum, a 13-year-old boy who lives in a small Minnesota town with his family: younger brother Jake, who has a severe stutter; older sister Ariel, a talented musician destined for Julliard; father Nathan, an earnest Methodist pastor; and mother Ruth, choir director and superb singer who thought she was marrying a future lawyer and is not happy with her husband's vocation. The Drums are an average family with loving parents and nice children who behave as typical
Yay! 5 stars! I was drawn into this story right away and my feelings never changed. It is a wonderful, but sad, coming of age story narrated 40 or so years after the events take place. I especially liked the character of Gus. I felt right there in the town of New Bremen, MN with everyone. Here are some some memorable lines: "How could I possibly explain my silence, my complicity in his escape, things I really didn't understand myself? My heart had simply directed me in a way that my head
I FULLY enjoyed this glorious reading experience!!! Frank's narration captures this entire page-turning-mystery-novel profoundly intimate. Irresistible!!!! I loved it -- I loved it -- I loved it!!
Oh my Jesus, what a wonderful book!! I have just finished it and still can not put together clear thoughts regarding the emotions touched during this reading....New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961, Frank Drum is a 13-year-old boy, now as an adult, he will tell us firsthand, the life of his family and about many other inhabitants of that town affected by events and sorrows that will change the fate and life of many of them...In many aspects, during the reading, I was reminded of the typical atmospheres
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