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wildgurl's review
4.0
In Grace's Time 🍒🍒🍒🍒
By Kathie Giorgio
2017
Black Rose Writing
Grace is struggling with anger and grief following the loss of her mother and her son. Her emotions confuse her. Her fear and guilt consume her, and she abruptly leaves her husband and children to travel cross country with Virgil, the owner of The Nursery, a local doll collectors shop who is also on his own journey to move in with his long time lover, Brad.
Virgil and Grace develop a unique and compassionate friendship, helping each other find clarity and renewal within themselves. Honest and well written book of hope and self realization.
Recommended.
By Kathie Giorgio
2017
Black Rose Writing
Grace is struggling with anger and grief following the loss of her mother and her son. Her emotions confuse her. Her fear and guilt consume her, and she abruptly leaves her husband and children to travel cross country with Virgil, the owner of The Nursery, a local doll collectors shop who is also on his own journey to move in with his long time lover, Brad.
Virgil and Grace develop a unique and compassionate friendship, helping each other find clarity and renewal within themselves. Honest and well written book of hope and self realization.
Recommended.
annieb123's review against another edition
4.0
In Grace's Time is a beautifully written book about loss and grief and friendship and love. Grace has lost herself after the death of her 15 year old son. She is weary, not coping well, generally falling apart, and not being there for herself or her family.
After a series of coincidences lead her to the opportunity to take a road trip with a friend she just met, she puts herself back together piece by piece along the way.
I enjoyed the perfect mid-America kitsch and the wonderful descriptions of the tourist attractions and giant flea markets along their road trip in a giant land barge of a car.
It is a very sweet, gently written and honest book. It's one which will stay with me.
Wonderfully written; highly recommended.
Four stars
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher.
After a series of coincidences lead her to the opportunity to take a road trip with a friend she just met, she puts herself back together piece by piece along the way.
I enjoyed the perfect mid-America kitsch and the wonderful descriptions of the tourist attractions and giant flea markets along their road trip in a giant land barge of a car.
It is a very sweet, gently written and honest book. It's one which will stay with me.
Wonderfully written; highly recommended.
Four stars
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher.
elaesa's review
3.0
The first third or so of this book was almost enough to make me put it down. It was a lot of repetitive and circular thinking on the part of Grace and I think that if I hadn't been someone who remembers what it is like to be in that mindset after grief I wouldn't have made enough excuses for it to keep reading. However, the book does get better and the story does get more interesting though still not what I would call brilliant. I was actually more interested in Virgil as time went on but with Grace being a large part of his journey I was able to appreciate her as well. The writing is average and yes slightly repetitive at times but that's completely fine if you're able to fill in some inconsistencies and look at the story instead of how it's told. It is a bittersweet physical and emotional journey between two people coming from very different experiences and there is a kind of beauty in there. I wish the whole thing had been a little shorter and a little less repetitive but I definitely enjoyed the second half.
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