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About Grace by Doerr, Anthony is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is About Grace about?
Beautifully written and compelling, About Grace is the brilliant debut novel from Anthony Doerr. Growing up in Alaska, young David Winkler is crippled by his dreams. At nine, he dreams a man is decapitated by a passing truck on the path outside his familyâ??s home. The next day, unable to prevent it, he witnesses an exact replay of his dream in real life. The premonitions keep coming, unstoppably. He sleepwalks during them, bringing catastrophe into his reach. Then, as unstoppable as a vision, he falls in love, at the supermarket (exactly as he already dreamed) with Sandy. They flee south, landing in Ohio, where their daughter Grace is born. And then the visions of Graceâ??s death begin for Winkler, as their waterside home is inundated. Plagued by the same horrific images of Grace drowning, when the floods come, he cannot face his destiny and flees. He beaches on a remote Caribbean island, where he works as a handyman, chipping away at his doubts and hopes, never knowing whether...
Who reads About Grace?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Doerr, Anthony
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780007405114
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 3.44 / 5 (554 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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