{"product_id":"about-grace-a-novel-9780143036166","title":"About Grace: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnthony Doerr is the author of the New York Times #1 Bestseller All the Light We Cannot See  named one of the best books of 2014 by the Washington Post  NPRs Fresh Air  and The New York Times Book Review  among others. The Los Angeles Times called his stories in The Shell Collector \"as close to faultless as any writeryoung or vastly experiencedcould wish for.\" About Grace  his first novel  has been hailed as one of the most compelling and entrancing novels of recent times. David Winkler begins life in Anchorage  Alaska  a quiet boy drawn to the volatility of weather and obsessed with snow. Sometimes he sees things before they happena man carrying a hatbox will be hit by a bus; Winkler will fall in love with a woman in a supermarket. When David dreams that his infant daughter will drown in a flood as he tries to save her  he comes undone. He travels thousands of miles  fleeing family  home  and the future itself  to deny the dream. On a Caribbean island  destitute  alone  and unsure if his child has survived or his wife can forgive him  David is sheltered by a couple with a daughter of their own. Ultimately it is she who will pull him back into the world  to search for the people he left behind. Doerrs characters are full of grief and longing  but also replete with grace. His compassion for human frailty is extraordinarily moving. In luminous prose  he writes about the power and beauty of nature and about the tiny miracles that transform our lives. About Grace is heartbreaking  radiant  and astonishingly accomplished.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953173585973,"sku":"ByrdShop_0143036165","price":23.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780143036166.jpg?v=1788180758","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/about-grace-a-novel-9780143036166","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}