Richard Paul Evans
Hardcover | Pages: 316 pages Rating: 4.14 | 8018 Users | 1216 Reviews
Particularize Of Books Grace
| Title | : | Grace |
| Author | : | Richard Paul Evans |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 316 pages |
| Published | : | October 7th 2008 by Simon Schuster (first published January 1st 2008) |
| Categories | : | Holiday. Christmas. Fiction. Romance |
Narrative As Books Grace
Updated and Renamed now as If OnlyA heartwarming and inspirational Christmas novel in the tradition of The Christmas Box, The Gift, and The Christmas List. The New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Box and The Walk series returns with a holiday novel of hope, love, and redemption.
She was my first kiss. My first love. She was a little match girl who could see the future in the flame of a candle. She was a runaway who taught me more about life than anyone has before or since. And when she was gone my innocence left with her.
As I begin to write, a part of me feels as if I am awakening something best left dead and buried, or at least buried. We can bury the past, but it never really dies. The experience of that winter has grown on my soul like ivy climbing the outside of a home, growing until it begins to tear and tug at the brick and mortar.
I pray I can still get the story right. My memory, like my eyesight, has waned with age. Still, there are things that become clearer to me as I grow older. This much I know: too many things were kept secret in those days. Things that never should have been hidden. And things that should have.
List Books In Favor Of Grace
| Original Title: | Grace |
| ISBN: | 1416550038 (ISBN13: 9781416550037) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Eric & Grace |
| Setting: | Utah(United States) |
Rating Of Books Grace
Ratings: 4.14 From 8018 Users | 1216 ReviewsColumn Of Books Grace
The second sad, sappy Richard Paul Evans book I read this holiday season. They do touch something in me that makes me keep reading them.I was already in love with this "Young Adult" book when I read the entry in Grace's Diary which said, "I don't know why we're celebrating my birthday when it would have been better that I'd never been born." For a 16 year old to write this is really sad. This is the poignancy we read about in the book. Eric's presence is the one bright light in Grace's life. If only they could be together always...
A patron who attends the Inspirational Book Club recommended this one to me. We had read one of Evans' other titles and this was a YA work of his. She really liked it and didn't want to give away the ending....I don't either. Suffice it to say it doesn't end like you think most inspirational stories end.The story takes place in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. This is a turbulent time for our nation but there is more turbulence in the life of teen-aged boy named Eric and his family. Eric,
Good writing, but a heartbreaking ending and too much wasted space.
Love this book. It is not predictable yet the story builds up emotionally as the characters become vulnerable and relatable. Love the way the writer brought out the way life unfolds in reality sometimes.
Pull out the tissues for this one! This book really made me think more about the issue of children's rights. It's a very sweet and sad story with a strong message. I knew how it end and yet I still couldn't put it down - I read it in one day. It does deal with child abuse issues, so some people may not have a difficult time with it. However, I have to say that these issues were dealt with very tactfully and without going into any detail.
I have always seemed to enjoy Richard Evans' holiday books, and this years book, Grace, was no exception. It was just a wonderful story, beautifully narrated, a story that deals with family dysfunction, and mature subject matter.The narrator recalls his first love in 1962 at the age of fourteen.........."My memory, like my eyesight, has waned with age and I pray I can get the story right. Still, there are things that become clearer to me as I grow older. This much I know: too many things were
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