Grace: A Novel

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Dear Listener,

I am often asked where my stories come from. I'm not always sure. Sometimes a story just comes to me in waves (or trickles) of inspiration and oftentimes it's not until the very end of the book that I see where my characters are taking me. This is such a tale.

Grace is the story of a young runaway girl and the boy who hides her from a frightening world too large and unfathomable for him to comprehend. It is also about two brothers and the love that binds them together through difficult times.

In some ways this is the most autobiographical of all my novels. When I was eight years old my father lost his job, and we sold our home in beautiful and aptly named Arcadia, California, to move to a poor neighborhood in Utah and into a rundown home like the one I describe in the story. I have no fond memories of that time. Not one. I wanted to go home.

I've found my home now, and it has nothing to do with the place where I live, and everything to do with the family I love.

Sincerely,

Richard Paul Evans

What Customers Say About Grace: A Novel:

P Starck The book arrived in timely fashion and in excellent condition. Am well pleased with this transaction.

I don't recall ever reading another book that caused me to cry. This book made me cry.

All of his books are great, including this one. Richard Paul Evans is one of my favorite authors.

Yes, I wished it ended differently. This story is told from a young man's perspective about how he and his little brother help a teen runaway. Enjoy. However, the experience of reading this book was so positive that I still highly recommend it from beginning to the bitter end. The characters are very real, they seem to jump off the page. It is a real page turner that holds you until the bitter end.

The plot was many pages of 'days in the life of' leading to an ending that was expected but sudden and just not satisfying. My complaint is a lack of a meaningful plot, parents who were portrayed as simply not observant, and a poorly written ending. In that regard, 'Grace' does replicate life.I'm not sorry I took the time to read the book but I did expect more. Grace is a fictional story intended to highlight the wretchedness of child abuse in our society. It does accomplish this very well and Evans does his usual good job developing characters so real you think you really know them.