Eldonna Edwards

This I Know

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Set in a small Midwest town in the late 1960s and helmed by an unforgettable young protagonist—compassionate, uncannily wise Grace—This I Know is a luminous coming-of-age story from an astonishing new voice.
Eleven-year-old Grace Carter has a talent for hiding things. She’s had plenty of practice, burying thoughts and feelings that might anger her strict Evangelical pastor father, and concealing the deep intuition she carries inside. The Knowing, as Grace calls it, offers glimpses of people’s pasts and futures. It enables her to see into the depth of her mother’s sadness, and even allows Grace to talk to Isaac, her twin brother who died at birth. To her wise, loving Aunt Pearl, the Knowing is a family gift; to her daddy, it’s close to witchcraft.
Grace can’t see into someone’s thoughts without their permission. But it doesn’t take her special talent to know that her small community is harboring its share of secrets. A young girl has gone missing. Within Grace’s own family too, the cracks are widening, as her sisters Hope, Joy, and Chastity enjoy the normal life that eludes Grace. It’s Grace’s kinship with other outsiders that keeps her afloat—Lyle, a gentle, homeless man, and Lola, a free-spirited new girl at school. But when her mother lapses into deep depression after bringing home a new baby, Grace will face a life-changing choice—ignore her gift and become the obedient daughter her father demands, or find the courage to make herself heard, even if it means standing apart . . .
 
“A heartfelt and beautifully crafted coming-of-age debut. Don't miss this one.”
—Lesley Kagen, New York Times bestselling author

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316 printed pages
Original publication
2018
Publication year
2018
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  • Refiloe Masitashared an impression4 years ago
    🔮Hidden Depths
    💡Learnt A Lot
    🎯Worthwhile
    💞Loved Up
    🌴Beach Bag Book
    🚀Unputdownable
    💧Soppy

Quotes

  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted4 years ago
    Wouldn’t what? Want two of His creations to love each other?”
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted4 years ago
    It takes a lot of energy to try to be what you aren’t, but even more not to be what you are.
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted4 years ago
    God . . . real?” I flinch as soon as the words are out in case lightning is about to hit.
    Very real.
    “Have you seen him?”
    It’s not like you think, Grace. God is in you. God is in all of us. To people like your daddy he is human-looking. Others recognize God in a river or a tree.
    “But Jesus is the son of God, right?”
    We’re all children of God.

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