Grace

by Natasha Deon

Genres: Historical Fiction, Audiobook

Unknown Binding

Reviews

[Helen Kempster · Rating 4 out of 5]

So much happening in this book. Felt every emotion that you can!

[Teri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such an important book! The audiobook is worth listening to for the narration by Lisa Renée Pitts. While the events in the story are fiction, the novel takes place before, during, and after the Civil War South and sheds an unapologetic light on events that were heinous and likely not the worst. Some of the characters are portrayed so realistically it’s hard at times to see the the era’s South as anything other than evil.

[Denise Angel · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a very moving book, albeit disquieting at times. Brutal, honest, and raw, it will squeeze the hell out of your emotions until you feel bled dry. The only thing I didn’t really care for where the supernatural elements, but that’s just me.

[Treena Pollard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it. As a mother it his to all the areas of fear for our children. Wonderfully written.

[Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting inter-generational story to listen to set in the South post-Civil War about Naomi, who ran from her master at age 15, and her daughter Josephine, who never knew her mom but had similar struggles protecting herself & her family from the whites who had so much control over her life. After killing the master when he tried to rape her, Naomi was taken in by Cynthia, a Jewish madam who ran a brothel in GA. Naomi falls in love with Jeremy, a white man who gambles as the brothel, and has his child, Josey, in the woods as she is running away from men who cam to capture her. Josey survives & is raised by Charles, a freed slave & marries Jackson, who joins the Army & fights in the Civil War. When Jackson returns from the war, because Josey is light-skinned, they have to run for their lives after some angry white men see them together & think she is white. A two-generation tale that is tied together when the man who saved Josey as a baby, is a retired general & tells the men chasing her to leave her & her family alone. What a difference one person can make!

[Michelle Wallace · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is magnificent, fascinating, sharp, and very painful. It explores the depths of human love and the lengths people will go to for family.

I listened to the audiobook performed by Lisa Reneé Pitts. This is my first time listening to her work. I will definitely look for more.

This book has been added to the list of books I reread/listen to again.