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Why it matters
Krueger frames a mystery as a compassionate memory of bereavement, faith, and the imperfect forms grace can take.
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Ordinary Grace
William Kent Krueger2014 selection · Mystery & crime
Ordinary Grace
Looking back on the summer of 1961, Frank Drum recalls a sequence of deaths that shattered his family and small Minnesota town. The thirteen-year-old narrator watches his minister father, gifted sister, and stuttering younger brother respond to grief and suspicion.
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You prefer reflective, family-centered mysteries over fast procedural action.
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GriefFaithFamilyComing of age
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