I finished Anthony Doerr’s “About Grace” Saturday. It was his first book and not his best (hard to beat “Cloud Cuckoo Land” or the Pulitzer-prize winning “All The Light We Cannot See”) but it is still a wonderful read. The protagonist, David Winkler, is a flawed character haunted by his prescient dreams of tragic events to come, including one in which he accidentally drowns his infant daughter while trying to rescue her from a flood in their suburban Ohio home. As events begin to unfold that appears to make his nightmare about to come true, he flees the country, hoping that will change what would have been. That sets off a three-decade journey that ultimately leads him to face the choices he made. David Winkler is a good man, but he is at times awkward, stubborn and, for me, occasionally pathetic. The book is ultimately about fate and choice, self-discovery, grief, forgiveness and redemption.
I’m recommending Anthony Doerr’s “About Grace,” which I finished reading this past week. I’m a big Doerr fan and this, his first novel, did not disappoint. Read ALT for a mini review. #BlueBrewBooks #AnthonyDoerr #Books #Reading #Literature