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A Gracious Plenty

by Sheri Reynolds

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ISBN13: 9780609803875
ISBN10: 0609803875
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Badly burned in a household accident when she was a child, Finch Nobles grows into a courageous and feisty loner who eschews the pity of her hometown and discovers that she can hear the voices of the people buried in her father's cemetery. Finally, when she speaks to them, they answer, telling their stories in a remarkable chorus of regrets, expla-nations, and insights.  A Gracious Plenty is like an extraordinary amalgam of Steinbeck and Faulkner,  Spoon River Anthology and Our Town. It is a reading experience that you will not soon forget.

Review:

"Reynolds is a wonderful storyteller and master of pastoral Imagery."
-New York Times Book Review

Review:

"Mesmerizing . . . Reynolds's earthly insights make for a redemptive finale--but not before some satisfying storms of retribution."
-Entertainment Weekly

Review:

"Reynolds is a wonderful storyteller and master of pastoral Imagery."

--New York Times Book Review

"Mesmerizing . . . Reynolds's earthly insights make for a redemptive finale--but not before some satisfying storms of retribution."

--Entertainment Weekly

"A Gracious Plenty is a triumph of story, voice, and character. The afflicted and unforgettable Finch, whose longings inspire in equal measure love and awe and pity who seeks to understand the difference between the kind of suffering brought upon us and the kind we bring upon ourselves, defies mortality. Stunning and authentic . . . this is a beautiful book."

--Janet Peery, Author of The River Beyond

"--an imaginative tour de force--. Pushing beyond the boundaries of her earlier work, Ms. Reynolds has created a life-affirming novel that gathers the joy and pain of. living into a celebration of what it means to be

human."

--Richmond Times Dispatch

Review:

"-an imaginative tour de force--. Pushing beyond the boundaries of her earlier work, Ms. Reynolds has created a life-affirming novel that gathers the joy and pain of. living into a celebration of what it means to be
human."
--Richmond Times Dispatch

About the Author

Sheri Reynolds teaches at Old Dominion University in Virginia. Her previous novels are Bitteroot Landing and The Rapture of Canaan.

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ToadKnits, January 18, 2008 (view all comments by ToadKnits)
I read this book first when I was in high school and it remains one of the most wonderful books I have ever read. Reynolds' language moves across you languidly, with the ease I associate with Southern women. The magical realism of this book is almost secondary to the sheer thrill of the reading experience, but the magic is no less moving or vivid. I have read it a couple of times since, and it never fails to capture me.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780609803875
Author:
Reynolds, Sheri
Publisher:
Three Rivers Press (CA)
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Patients
Subject:
Burns and scalds
Subject:
Dead
Copyright:
Series Volume:
3326
Publication Date:
March 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
7.92x5.04x.62 in. .53 lbs.

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