Book description
Unaccustomed to Grace is a collection of short stories where the unlikely outcome for irresponsible acts and unfortunate events result in redemption. Bannatyne's mastery of the written word informs these stories of common conflict with a brilliantine magic rarely found in contemporary literature. From the unlikely romance between a zoo…
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1 author picked Unaccustomed to Grace as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I simply love this collection of stories, and I return to it often, including this year. Lesley Bannatyne writes about ordinary things—families reuniting, people forgiving themselves, people finding the person in the world who makes their heart go “ping,” and many other forms of grace.
Bannatyne is a genius with short story craft. For that reason, I’ve probably taught more stories from this collection than stories by any other writer! We emerge as readers feeling that everybody—EVERYBODY!—is living such a delicate, precarious life with the potential for beauty and kindness.
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