About Grace

by Anthony Doerr

First published 2004

David Winkler, an Alaskan with the uncanny ability to glimpse the future, is tormented by a vision of his infant daughter drowning. In a panic, he abandons his family and flees to the Caribbean, destitute and alone. But a kind couple takes him in, helping him rebuild his life and search for the loved ones he left behind. At its core, this is the gripping tale of a man grappling with the power of his own foresight and the family he nearly lost forever.

Genres: literary-fiction, contemporary, magical-realism, family-drama

Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking

Tropes: family-drama, unreliable-narrator

Setting: Alaska, Caribbean Area

416 pages · Hardcover · Scribner

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