Year of Grace

Synopsis

Faith Smedley is dying of cancer. Over the course of 15 months spanning 1968-69, the elderly but still active woman struggles to deal with her mortality and the pain of leaving her family. Her strong Quaker faith and a retreat to a mountain cabin sustain her. As she traces her family history through old papers and diaries, Faith connects with an earlier generation of Quaker activists, propelling her to speak out about social injustice and white privilege in her mountain community. Most important to Faith in her last year is leaving something meaningful behind for her grandchildren. Full of dignity and aching love, this unique, quiet novel by a prolific author of Quaker history and biography works as recent historical fiction as well as providing an alternative to the evangelical point of view. For most libraries.

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