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 61 Ch11

    Duration: 01min
  • AboutGrace 62 Ch12

    Duration: 07min
  • AboutGrace 63 Ch13

    Duration: 01min
  • AboutGrace 64 Book6 Ch1

    Duration: 11min
  • AboutGrace 65 Ch2

    Duration: 05min
  • AboutGrace 66 Ch3

    Duration: 11min
  • AboutGrace 67 Ch4

    Duration: 03min
  • AboutGrace 68 Ch5

    Duration: 17min
  • AboutGrace 69 Ch6

    Duration: 10min
  • AboutGrace 70 Ch7

    Duration: 12min
  • AboutGrace 71 Ch8

    Duration: 12min
  • AboutGrace 72 Ch9

    Duration: 10min
  • AboutGrace 73 Ch10

    Duration: 07min
  • AboutGrace 74 Ch11

    Duration: 19min
  • AboutGrace 75 Ch12

    Duration: 16min
  • AboutGrace 76 Ch13

    Duration: 15min
  • AboutGrace 77 Ch14

    Duration: 09min
  • AboutGrace 78 Ch15

    Duration: 09min
  • AboutGrace 79 Ch16

    Duration: 03min
  • AboutGrace 80 Ch17

    Duration: 02min
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