The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee - 2nd Edition by Talya Tate Boerner (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In this award-winning, coming-of-age novel, ten-year-old Gracie Lee struggles to make sense out of her life as an Arkansas farm girl in the early 1970s. Wise beyond her age yet imbued with child-like innocence, Gracie focuses on the three things that keep her awake at night: </p> <ol> <li>Solving the mystery of the man in the gray house;</li> <li>Surviving another school year at Savage Crossing Elementary; and, </li> <li>Saving her alcoholic Daddy from himself (and thereby saving the whole family and wider world).</li> </ol> <p>Gracie feels certain there is more to life beyond school and dull church sermons. She worries about the soldiers in Vietnam and wonders what it must be like to have been born Lisa Marie Presley from Tennessee instead of Gracie Lee Abbott from Arkansas. Mostly, she wishes her Daddy wasn't so mean.</p> <p>Gracie's unchecked imagination leads to Nancy Drew-type adventure. Adventure leads to trouble. She confides in unexpected characters and seeks solace in a mysterious gray house beyond the cotton field. When Gracie faces a difficult family situation, she must make a life-altering decision, one that will test the very essence of her character.</p> <p>"At best, most first novels indicate potential. It would be wrong to say that, when reading Talya Tate Boerner's <em>The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee</em>, I was pleasantly surprised. Actually, I was amazed. <strong>There's magic here, in a wonderfully-told story that will find a special place in any reader's heart.</strong>" Jeff Guinn, New York Times bestselling author.</p> <p>"Boerner's prose is a wonderful medium for unspooling Gracie's story, imbued with all the snark, wonder, and colorful details that characterize childhood... The author addresses real, high-stakes issues without slathering them in melodrama or saccharine sentimentality, and her book hearkens back to an older YA tradition of stories of plucky preteen girls, spooky houses, and inevitable tragedies that help mark the turning point from childhood to adolescence. <strong>A stirring novel with a distinctive young narrator.</strong>" Kirkus Reviews</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><strong>Jeff Guinn</strong>, <strong>New York Times bestselling author in both fiction and nonfiction: </strong></p><p>"At best, most first novels indicate potential. It would be wrong to say that, when reading Talya Tate Boerner's <em>The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee</em>, I was pleasantly surprised. Actually, I was amazed. There's magic here, in a wonderfully-told story that will find a special place in any reader's heart."</p><p><strong>KIRKUS REVIEW</strong></p><p>Boerner follows the trials of a girl's childhood in 1970s Arkansas in this debut novel.</p><p>When 10-year-old Gracie Lee Abbott walks up to a church pulpit, her pastor asks her if she's there to be saved. "No sir," she tells him, "I just came up to say hello and ask you to pray for my Daddy. He's mean to Momma, he drinks too much beer, and I think he's probably going to Hell." It isn't what the pastor is expecting to hear, but it's what's been on Gracie's mind... Boerner's prose is a wonderful medium for unspooling Gracie's story, imbued with all the snark, wonder, and colorful details that characterize childhood. She expertly draws Gracie and her family, including her erratic, brutish father, her harried, no-nonsense mother, and her chirpy, imaginative younger sister, making them endearing and infuriating in equal measure... The author addresses real, high-stakes issues without slathering them in melodrama or saccharine sentimentality, and her book hearkens back to an older YA tradition of stories of plucky preteen girls, spooky houses, and inevitable tragedies that help mark the turning point from childhood to adolescence.</p><p>A stirring novel with a distinctive young narrator.</p><p> </p><br>
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