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The tragic deaths of her mother and two younger siblings have left Grace Harmon responsible for raising her sister Miriam and protecting her from their abusive father, Luther, a zealot preacher with a penchant for speaking in Biblical verse who is on a downward spiral toward insanity.

Otto Singer charms Grace with his gentle courtship and devotion to his brother, Henry. But after their marriage, Otto is unable to share with Grace the terrible secret he has kept more than twenty years. Otto believes he is responsible for a tragic accident that claimed the life of a young woman and left Henry severely brain damaged.

Luther's insane ravings and increasingly violent behavior force Grace to question and reassess the patriarchal religious beliefs of her childhood. Then tragedy strikes just when Otto's secret is uncovered, unleashing demons that threaten to destroy the entire family. Can Grace find the strength to save them, and in the prcess find her own redemption?

Redeeming Grace is set on Marylands Eastern Shore in the late 1920. The book will appeal to lovers of literary fiction who enjoy theological debate and who understand happy endings, in novels as in life, sometimes come at a heavy price.

Praise and Reviews

PRAISE FOR REDEEMING GRACE

  

Rarely does a book so succinctly capture the damage that fundamentalist Christianity can cause women. Redeeming Grace is a gentle, well-written reminder of the possibility of using faith and the power of love to liberate women to a fuller life who have the ability to develop a personal relationship to God/dess which is not dependent on doctrine.  Smoky Trudeau presents a feminist message accessible to all readers.

 

--SageWoman Magazine

 

Trudeau’s passion comes through in this compelling tale of a young woman’s struggle with spirituality and cruelty.  Written with journalistic precision, Redeeming Grace drew me in so that I felt Grace’s emotions and found my breath catching in anticipation of the next segment.  I was literally there, could smell the marsh and salt and could hear the lapping water.  The people were real to me, as if I’d known them all my life.  Redeeming Grace is a gripping narration and one I would highly recommend.

 

--Vila SpiderHawk

Author of Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones and Forest Song: Finding Home

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