A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell

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  • Pub. Date: December 2005
  • 464pp
  • Sales Rank: 10,022

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    • Pub. Date: December 2005
    • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
    • Format: Paperback, 464pp
    • Sales Rank: 10,022

    Synopsis

    Set in Italy during the dramatic finale of World War II, this new novel is the first in seven years by the bestselling author of The Sparrow and Children of God.

    It is September 8, 1943, and fourteen-year-old Claudette Blum is learning Italian with a suitcase in her hand. She and her father are among the thousands of Jewish refugees scrambling over the Alps toward Italy, where they hope to be safe at last, now that the Italians have broken with Germany and made a separate peace with the Allies. The Blums will soon discover that Italy is anything but peaceful, as it becomes overnight an open battleground among the Nazis, the Allies, resistance fighters, Jews in hiding, and ordinary Italian civilians trying to survive.

    Mary Doria Russell sets her first historical novel against this dramatic background, tracing the lives of a handful of fascinating characters. Through them, she tells the little-known but true story of the network of Italian citizens who saved the lives of forty-three thousand Jews during the war’s final phase. The result of five years of meticulous research, A Thread of Grace is an ambitious, engrossing novel of ideas, history, and marvelous characters that will please Russell’s many fans and earn her even more.


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    I sense a tension in this writer, who seems torn between a desire to linger and explore her interesting creations more fully and a need to keep the action racing forward. The action wins. An addictive page-turner, A Thread of Grace satisfies our need to be reminded of how warmly inspiring humanity can be when it is moved to be generous, tolerant and forgiving.

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    Biography

    A paleoanthropologist with specialties in bone biology and biomechanics, Mary Doria Russell did field work in Australia and Croatia and spent four years writing computer manuals before kicking off her writing career with her acclaimed debut novel, The Sparrow. Her latest novel -- the first in seven years -- is A Thread of Grace, is set in Italy during the dramatic finale of World War II.

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    Wonderfulby Ms_Eyre

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    August 12, 2009: For those who take reading seriously and enjoy character development and plot this is a must addition to your reading list.

    Well crafted piece of historical fictionby SusanIL

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    May 01, 2009: A Thread of Grace shares with readers both the horror and incredible cruelty and intolerance that mankind is cable of, while sharing a story of the triumph of human spirit, raw courage, tenacity and graciousness that human beings are capable of as well. Mary Doria Russell's characters are human and therefore flawed -- which makes them all the more real and engaging for the reader. Heros are anti-heros and demons find redemption and just as in life, the good do not always survive -- but their determination and strength of purpose do.

    A really excellent novel

    I Also Recommend: The Poisonwood Bible, The Great Santini, Talk Talk, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Them.


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