Ordinary Grace

Summary

Narrated by Frank Drum looking back on the summer of 1961 in a small Minnesota town, the novel follows the thirteen year old son of a Methodist minister as a string of deaths shatters his family and community. Krueger blends a coming of age story with a quiet mystery, exploring faith, grief, and the loss of innocence in spare, reflective prose. The book stands apart from his Cork O'Connor series and became one of his most beloved and widely read works.