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David Winkler begins life in Anchorage, Alaska, a quiet boy drawn to the volatility of weather and obsessed with snow. Sometimes he sees things before they happen—a man carrying a hatbox will be hit by a bus; Winkler will fall in love with a woman in a supermarket. When David dreams that his infant daughter will drown in a flood as he tries to save her, he comes undone. He travels thousands of miles, fleeing family, home, and the future itself, to deny the dream. On a Caribbean island, destitute, alone, and unsure if his child has survived or his wife can forgive him, David is sheltered by a couple with a daughter of their own. Ultimately it is she who will pull him back into the world, to search for the people he left behind.
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About Grace, Anthony Doerr
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- Released
- 2005
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- Title
- About Grace
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Anthony Doerr
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 000714699x
- ISBN13
- 9780007146994
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Nature, Adventure, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Relationships, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Parenthood, America, Escape, Magical Realism, Dreams, Family relationships, Loneliness, Daughters, Searching for the meaning of life, Water, Snow, Flakes, Caribbean, Alaska
- First published
- 2004
- Original title
- About Grace
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
- Description
- David Winkler begins life in Anchorage, Alaska, a quiet boy drawn to the volatility of weather and obsessed with snow. Sometimes he sees things before they happen—a man carrying a hatbox will be hit by a bus; Winkler will fall in love with a woman in a supermarket. When David dreams that his infant daughter will drown in a flood as he tries to save her, he comes undone. He travels thousands of miles, fleeing family, home, and the future itself, to deny the dream. On a Caribbean island, destitute, alone, and unsure if his child has survived or his wife can forgive him, David is sheltered by a couple with a daughter of their own. Ultimately it is she who will pull him back into the world, to search for the people he left behind.