A Peculiar Grace.A Peculiar Grace Jeffrey Lent Atlantic Monthly Press 841 Broadway, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10003 9780871139658, $25.00 www.groveatlantic.com Author, husband, and father Jeffrey Lent presents A Peculiar Grace, novel about coming to terms with life. Set in the art scene of postwar New York, a commune commune, in medieval history commune (kôm`y  n), in medieval history, collective institution that developed in continental Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. of the early seventies, and modern-day small-town
New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. , A Peculiar Grace follows Hewitt Pearce, a blacksmith of
forty-three years of age, who lives alone in his family home and
overlooks a collection of art remaining from his late father. When a
troubled young homeless girl named Jessica suddenly shows up on his
property, his hermit-like existence begins to change. Furthermore, he
learns that Emily, the love of his life from twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights.2. ago, has been widowed. As he gradually seeks to earn Emily's trust and discover the secrets of Jessica's past, he must confront the soul-burdening loss that scarred his own history and reexamine re·ex·am·ine also re-ex·am·ine tr.v. re·ex·am·ined, re·ex·am·in·ing, re·ex·am·ines 1. To examine again or anew; review. 2. Law To question (a witness) again after cross-examination. his desire for human connection. A deeply insightful portrait that explores the role that faith and art can have in healing the human heart. |
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