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Ordinary grace : a novel / William Kent Krueger.
New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961. The Twins were playing their debut season, ice-cold root beers were selling out at the soda counter of Halderson’s Drugstore, and Hot Stuff comic books were a mainstay on every barbershop magazine rack. It was a time of innocence and hope for a country with a new, young president. But for thirteen-year-old Frank Drum it was a grim summer in which death visited frequently and assumed many forms. Accident. Nature. Suicide. Murder. Frank begins the season preoccupied with the concerns of any teenage boy, but when tragedy unexpectedly strikes his family—which includes his Methodist minister father; his passionate, artistic mother; Juilliard-bound older sister; and wise-beyond-his-years kid brother—he finds himself thrust into an adult world full of secrets, lies, adultery, and betrayal, suddenly called upon to demonstrate a maturity and gumption beyond his years. Told from Frank’s perspective forty years after that fateful summer, Ordinary Grace is a brilliantly moving account of a boy standing at the door of his young manhood, trying to understand a world that seems to be falling apart around him. It is an unforgettable novel about discovering the terrible price of wisdom and the enduring grace of God.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451645828 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1451645821 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781451645859 (trade paper)
- ISBN: 1451645856 (trade paper)
- Physical Description: 307 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2013.
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| Subject: | Families > Minnesota > Fiction. Murder > Minnesota > Fiction. Grief > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Bildungsromans. Detective and mystery fiction. |
Available copies
- 49 of 73 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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- 4 current holds with 73 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abington Community Library | MYS KRUEGER (Text) | 50687011224816 | Adult Fiction | Checked Out | 04/30/2024 |
| Albright Memorial Library | MYS KRUEGER (Text) | 50686014418466 | Storage | Available | - |
| Albright Memorial Library | MYS KRUEGER (Text) | 50686015066421 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | F KRU (Text) | 37268002160364 | AHMFL Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | KRU 1 (Text) | 33240004318930 | Adult Fiction | In Transit | - |
| Annie Halenbake Ross Library | F Kru (Text) | 00125358 | ADULT Fiction | Available | - |
| Bangor Public Library | F KRU (Text) | 75011000091196 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bernville Area Community Library | KRU (Text) | 33249020124412 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library | KRU (Text) | 33249023812096 | Fiction | Checked Out | 05/18/2024 |
| Cambria County Library | FICTION Kru (Text) | 85131001344465 | CACM Fiction | Available | - |
