The Edge of Grace
by Christa Allan
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Pub Date Aug 01 2011 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Description
An early morning call shatters Caryn Becker's world. Unable to cope with her brother’s news that he is gay, Caryn rejects him and disappears into her own turbulent life as a young widow and single mom. But when David is attacked and nearly killed, Caryn is forced to make hard choices about family, faith, and her own future; choices that take her to the very edge of grace."This sophomore effort deals sensitively and gracefully with a difficult subject for many Christians, exploring a woman's response to her brother's disclosure of his sexual orientation honestly while never shirking from the issue of justice and forgiveness." - Library Journal, starred review"Powerful and hauntingly beautiful right from the beginning, THE EDGE OF GRACE is another well crafted novel by an insightful, masterful author." - FreshFiction.com"A beautifully written book, The Edge of Grace is a powerful story of the true meaning of grace and love. A brilliant mix of dark and light, laughs and gravity, The Edge of Grace is a must read." —Jenny B. Jones, award-winning author of Save the Date and A Charmed Life series
"Christa Allan's new book, The Edge of Grace, is an excellent book for folks who love and are loved by their chosen family. Christa's painful honesty is a crucial part of the story. In the end, the love of family wins out, just as we believe in PFLAG, and she expertly shows that sometimes family goes beyond those we were given to those we choose. And what a happy family we can be if we accept our family members for who God made them to be!" - Randy Trahan, Board of Directors, PFLAG New Orleans
"Christa Allan takes her character on an emotional journey to a new understanding of acceptance and the joy that comes from forgiveness." —Sandra Robbins, author
Advance Praise
The Edge of Grace
Christa Allan. Abingdon, $14.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4267-1311-8
Allan cooks up another wise-cracking, flawed central character reminiscent of Leah Thornton, the alcoholic protagonist of Walking on Broken Glass. Caryn Becker is a widowed single mom who learns in the phone call that opens the narrative that her brother David is gay. Readers who don't think this is a dramatic problem will have no reason to read the rest of the novel. But those in the Christian audience who are captured by this premise can learn something from this story with a message. Allan writes well, though the wit of Caryn's narrative voice could use occasional changeup to avoid sounding brittle. It also takes an annoyingly long time before David is attacked by gay bashers, a pivotal plot event preceded by overly detailed development of plot strands involving Caryn's catering business and her relationship with her best friend and neighbor Julie. Allan makes sure a lot is going on, but not all of it is equally engaging. Her sophomore effort is uneven, but she bravely continues to push the confines of Christian fiction. (Aug.)
- Publishers Weekly
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781426713118 |
| PRICE | 14.99 |
