Saying Grace
By Beth Gutcheon
(Harper Perennial, Paperback, 9780060927271, 320pp.)
Publication Date: May 10, 1996
Other Editions of This Title: eBook, Large Print (October 1995)
Categories: General
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Rue Shaw has everything--a much loved child, a solid marriage, and a job she loves. Saying Grace takes place in Rue's mid-life, when her daughter is leaving home, her parents are failing, her husband is restless and the school she has built is being buffeted by changes in society that affect us all. Funny, rich in detail and finally stunning, this novel presents a portrait of a tight-knit community in jeopardy, and of a charming woman whose most human failing is that she wants things to stay the same.
Saying Grace is about the fragility of human happiness and the strength of convictions, about keeping faith as a couple whether it keeps one safe or not. Beth Gutcheon has a gift for creating a world in microcosm and capturing the grace in the rhythms of everyday life.
Beth Gutcheon is the author of eight novels, including More Than You Know, The New Girls, and Leeway Cottage. Her screenplays include the Academy Award nominee The Children of Theatre Street. She lives in New York City.
"Ms. Gutcheon knows private schools, and she knows her craft-and that's a winning combination."
-New York Times Book Review
"By turns heartwarming and heartbreaking."
-Boston Globe
"Saying Grace is a smart, funny, sane novel - the kind that I ransack bookstores to find."
-Adair Lara, author of At Adair's House
"Deliciously readable"
-San Francisco Chronicle
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