{"product_id":"ordinary-grace-paperback-1","title":"Ordinary Grace - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Kent Krueger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e WINNER OF THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL\u003cbr\u003e WINNER OF THE 2014 DILYS AWARD\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eSCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF 2013\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author William Kent Krueger, a brilliant new novel about a young man, a small town, and murder in the summer of 1961.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"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.\" \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrank 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold from Frank's perspective forty years after that fateful summer, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Grace\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Kent Krueger is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe River We Remember\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThis Tender Land\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Grace \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Edgar Award for best novel), and the original audio novella \u003ci\u003eThe Levee\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as nineteen acclaimed books in the Cork O'Connor mystery series, including \u003ci\u003eLightning Strike\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFox Creek\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in the Twin Cities with his family. Learn more at WilliamKentKrueger.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.36 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dilys Award (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Macavity Award (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anthony Awards (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47435454939314,"sku":"9781451645859","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/d714ebad4e39420d5c2e66810659f684.webp?v=1778626227","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/ordinary-grace-paperback-1","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}