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About Grace

Anthony Doerr

Ages 14+

Readers rate it 3.1 (27 on Hardcover)

690 pages · Released 2005

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About Grace is a literary adult novel that explores themes of fatherhood, obsession, and the lengths parents go to protect their children. While the central premise—a father's precognitive vision of his daughter's death—creates significant psychological tension and dread, the book is primarily introspective rather than action-driven. The narrative involves adult emotional complexity, including marital separation and existential anxiety, making it better suited to mature teen readers and adults rather than younger audiences.

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Possessing an unsettling ability to predict random future events, Anchorage resident David Winkler foresees his infant daughter's drowning death and travels thousands of miles to Ohio and the Caribbean to prevent the tragedy. Possessing an unsettling ability to predict random future events, Anchorage resident David Winkler foresees his infant daughter's drowning death and travels thousands of miles to Ohio and the Caribbean to prevent the tragedy.

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  • Fiction
  • A mix driven
  • emotional
  • Contemporary
  • Fantasy
  • Precognition
  • Runaway husbands
  • Fathers and daughters
  • Separation (Psychology)
  • Dreams
  • Large type books
  • Psychic ability

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ISBN 9781587247798 · Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated

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