Saving Grace

Name: Saving Grace
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Lee Smith
ISBN: 9781440799921

Author: Lee Smith

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 9 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/11/2008

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Having justly earned her reputation as a master storyteller, Lee Smith's name evokes images of authentic country folk struggling through some of life's most arduous tests. Saving Grace adds a stunning spiritual dimension. The daughter of a snake-handling preacher who ignores the needs of his destitute family, Florida Grace doesn't think much of Jesus. He's the reason she's lived in squalor most of her life. He certainly doesn't keep her womanizing zealot of a father on the straight and narrow. In fact, Jesus hasn't been there for her through her failed marriage, or the death of her son. But in one shining moment everything changes when He calls out to her, and she returns to her roots to heed His call. Narrator Christina Moore gives perfect voice to the vulnerability and wisdom of a young woman on a turbulent spiritual journey. The endearing heroine and the poetic language present a quandary: you want to savor this book a chapter at a time, but you can't put it down.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebecca on April 12, 2011

Another Lee Smith. I find myself missing her voice when I'm not reading one of her books. Smith follows a family of snake handlers this time. For those of you who aren't from these hills, I'll tell you: snake handlers are holy rollers, people on the fringe of a Christianity that has no room for ambi......more

Goodreads review by Lori on January 18, 2016

I will read anything by Lee Smith because I love the way she writes. Her book, "Fair and Tender Ladies" is still one of my all time favorites; I'm not sure that she could ever top that one, but that aside, I loved this one but wish that it had ended differently. I kind of hated to see the main chara......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on January 21, 2016

I really liked this book about a girl growing up in a family in which Dad was called to witness by handling serpents - Appalachian fiction - until the very end. The ending was not supported by anything else that had happened in the book and I felt the author capriciously decided just to call it a da......more

Goodreads review by Martha on May 03, 2021

This is an unusual, unhappy character portrayal. My rating 2.5. Florida Grace is the eleventh child of a snake handling, revival preacher. Her mother, (her father’s third wife) has a loving spirit while her father is a bit too busy to pay much attention to the young’uns. Grace feels out of step for m......more