

Ordinary Grace
Author: William Kent Krueger
Narrator: Rich Orlow
Unabridged: 10 hr 59 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/26/2013
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Coming Of Age, Literary Fiction
Author: William Kent Krueger
Narrator: Rich Orlow
Unabridged: 10 hr 59 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/26/2013
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Coming Of Age, Literary Fiction
William Kent Krueger is the New York Times bestselling author of The River We Remember, This Tender Land, Ordinary Grace (winner of the Edgar Award for best novel), and the original audio novella The Levee, as well as nineteen acclaimed books in the Cork O’Connor mystery series, including Lightning Strike and Fox Creek. He lives in the Twin Cities with his family. Learn more at WilliamKentKrueger.com.
I feel bad for the next book I plan to read, because Ordinary Grace is a very hard act to follow. This book is very different from the author’s Cork O’Connor mystery series. Mr. Krueger wrote Ordinary Grace from his heart. He has said that writing it was easier than any other novel he has written bef......more
I adored this book. It stirred so many emotions within me, and for that I have to give it 5 stars. It is a wonderful coming-of-age story, complete with a small-town atmosphere and a mystery surrounding the quiet, unassuming community of New Bremen, Minnesota. We are told on the very first page that......more
I was convinced to read this gentle coming-of-age story by an inundation of five-star reviews posted by wonderful Goodreads friends. I would like the aforementioned friends to remain as such, so I'll get my main gripe out of the way and then move onto the good bits. : ) THE BAD BITS Repetition of the w......more
At the beginning of the summer of 1961, Frank Drum is thirteen years old and living in the small community of New Bremen, Minnesota. It's a summer that will change his life forever, and his story, told from Frank's perspective forty years later, will resonate with readers for a very long time. Ordina......more
There is a quote in the book where it talks about the “awful Grace of God”. The meaning of ‘awful’ as an adjective: 1. extremely bad; unpleasant; disagreeable. 2. inspiring fear; terrible: an awful noise. 3. solemnly impressive: the awful majesty of the peaks. 4. extremely dangerous, risky, injurious,......more