About Grace: A Novel

  • Author: Anthony Doerr
  • Narrator: George Newbern
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 12:54:18
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Synopsis

The first novel by the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestseller All the Light We Cannot See, one of the most beautiful, wise, and compelling debuts 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.

Chapters

  • AboutGrace 21 Ch5

    Duration: 19min
  • AboutGrace 22 Ch6

    Duration: 13min
  • AboutGrace 23 Ch7

    Duration: 02min
  • AboutGrace 24 Ch8

    Duration: 01min
  • AboutGrace 25 Ch9

    Duration: 06min
  • AboutGrace 26 Ch10

    Duration: 17min
  • AboutGrace 27 Ch11

    Duration: 03min
  • AboutGrace 28 Book3 Ch1

    Duration: 18min
  • AboutGrace 29 Ch2

    Duration: 09min
  • AboutGrace 30 Ch3

    Duration: 08min
  • AboutGrace 31 Ch4

    Duration: 08min
  • AboutGrace 32 Ch5

    Duration: 24min
  • AboutGrace 33 Ch6

    Duration: 03min
  • AboutGrace 34 Ch7

    Duration: 03min
  • AboutGrace 35 Ch8

    Duration: 08min
  • AboutGrace 36 Ch9

    Duration: 12min
  • AboutGrace 37 Ch10

    Duration: 03min
  • AboutGrace 38 Ch11

    Duration: 06min
  • AboutGrace 39 Ch12

    Duration: 06min
  • AboutGrace 40 Book4 Ch1

    Duration: 04min
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