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Sufficient Grace

Sufficient Grace


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Ruth and her cousin Naomi live in rural Wisconsin, part of an isolated religious community. The girls' lives are ruled by the rhythms of nature - the harsh winters, the hunting seasons, the harvesting of crops - and by their families' beliefs. Beneath the surface of this closed, frozen world, hidden dangers lurk. The Ruth learns that Naomi harbours a terrible secret. She searched for solace in the mysteries of the natural world- broken fawns, migrating birds, and the strange fish deep beneath the ice. Can the girls' prayers for deliverance be answered? Sufficient Grace is a story of lost of innocence and the unfailing bond between two young women. It is at once devastating and beautiful, and ultimately transcendent. 'Simply brilliant. Haunting, gritty and emotionally dark.' Jessica Au 'A novel of heart-rending beauty. Seldom have grace and nature, spirit and flesh, spoken to each other so wonderfully.' Michael McGirr

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"Sufficient Grace is one of those rare début novels whose narrative progresses through allusion rather than assertion...I am reminded of Cormac McCarthy's apocalyptic Blood Meridian (1985): its biblical lyricism and themes of violence, power, and sin." --Australian Book Review "The novel captures Ruth's transformation from innocence to responsibility well and should appeal to those who like their fiction well-crafted but explosive." FOUR STARS --Australian Bookseller and Publisher "There is no denying the substance and power of Espeseth's writing, which draws so deeply on her own experience. How good it is that she is free to do so. How good, as well, that Australia can call her one of our own." --Canberra Times "...a deftly descriptive, riveting debut..." --Qantas Magazine "Divine...exquisite...Sufficient Grace is a mighty achievement and is among the year's must-read literary novels." --Conrad Walters, The Age "Espeseth is a gorgeous writer; this book is dense with finely etched imagery, much of it rooted in the natural world." --Weekend Australian "Evocative and moving. It's a gripping tale about faith, family and fundamentalism...A gritty rumination on the power of familial bonds and lost innocence." --YEN Magazine "Set in a cloistered community of Scandinavian Pentecostals in the icy wilds of Wisconsin, this powerful, elemental novel presents a fully realised world of a family turned in upon itself. It captures the harsh beauty of the unforgiving natural world in prose that is charged with biblical cadences and authority. Attuned to the rhythms of the natural and liturgical cycles, the novel recounts an utterly convincing and heart-rending story of lost innocence and the quest for absolution." --Victorian Premier's Literary Award judges 2009 "As disturbing as they are, there are stories that demand to be written. This is such a story, delivered by a writer of remarkable talent. Long after reading Sufficient Grace you will not forget it, and will be left with wanting more from Amy Espeseth." --Tony Birch "A novel of heart-rending beauty. Seldom have grace and nature, spirit and flesh, spoken to each other so wonderfully." --Michael McGirr "Simply brilliant. Haunting, gritty and emotionally dark." --Jessica Au "A burning first novel...Espeseth gives a virtuoso evocation of ice and blood in rural United States, with a powerful dramatic story of sibling loyalty in the midst of family strife." --Ian Sansom, Marina Warner, and Ed Byrne -- Warwick Prize for Writing judges, 2013


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781922070029
  • Publisher: Scribe Publications
  • Publisher Imprint: Scribe Publications
  • Height: 208 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 137 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1922070025
  • Publisher Date: 22 Aug 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 336 gr


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