Genre Fiction
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Amazing Grace Adams
Bernadette, Eleanor Oliphant, Rosie, Ove . . . meet Amazing Grace Adams, the funny, touching, unforgettable story of an invisible everywoman pushed to the brink―who finally pushes back.
Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal and stalled―the unhappiest age you can be, according to the Guardian. And today she's really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she finally has had enough. To the astonishment of everyone, Grace gets out of her car and simply walks away.
Grace sets off across London, armed with a £200 cake, to win back her estranged teenage daughter on her sixteenth birthday. Because today is the day she'll remind her daughter that no matter how far we fall, we can always get back up again. Because Grace Adams used to be amazing. Her husband thought so. Her daughter thought so. Even Grace thought so. But everyone seems to have forgotten. Grace is about to remind them . . . and, most important, remind herself.
Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal and stalled―the unhappiest age you can be, according to the Guardian. And today she's really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she finally has had enough. To the astonishment of everyone, Grace gets out of her car and simply walks away.
Grace sets off across London, armed with a £200 cake, to win back her estranged teenage daughter on her sixteenth birthday. Because today is the day she'll remind her daughter that no matter how far we fall, we can always get back up again. Because Grace Adams used to be amazing. Her husband thought so. Her daughter thought so. Even Grace thought so. But everyone seems to have forgotten. Grace is about to remind them . . . and, most important, remind herself.
Editorial Reviews
"A gripping story of joy, grief, stress, worry, love at first sight, parenting...frank, nuanced, and evocative."
―Kirkus
"Hugely enjoyable. Compelling, funny and poignant. I devoured it."
―Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl On The Train
"I just adored this beautiful debut novel! Funny, moving and at times absolutely heartbreaking, it had me captivated until the very last page. An unforgettable read."
―Liane Moriarty, New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies
"From the first hot minute when Grace Adams, stalled in traffic, stuck in her car, simply opens the door and walks away from it all―into her day, the single day that gathers all her days up to this tipping point at the middle, she had me. How life in the middle of our lives breaks us open―and apart―and then open again. I finished her story on a plane above the country, so full, and in tears. ‘Ma'am?' my seat-mate asked, ‘are you ok?'
‘Oh, yes,' I answered. And gave him this book."
―Sarah Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Postmistress and The Guest Book
"Amazing Grace Adams is an exacting and brilliantly structured novel about love, grief, hope lost and then found again. I rooted for Grace from the first sentence."
―Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes
"Fran Littlewood has written a magnificent novel. Grace Adams is everywoman – filled with promise, trepidatious in love and eventually, a besotted mother. Amazing Grace Adams is a fully realized story of catastrophe and joy, grief and love, and the hidden chambers of the human heart that carry the best and worst of our experience. A stunning debut."
–Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of
―Kirkus
"Hugely enjoyable. Compelling, funny and poignant. I devoured it."
―Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl On The Train
"I just adored this beautiful debut novel! Funny, moving and at times absolutely heartbreaking, it had me captivated until the very last page. An unforgettable read."
―Liane Moriarty, New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies
"From the first hot minute when Grace Adams, stalled in traffic, stuck in her car, simply opens the door and walks away from it all―into her day, the single day that gathers all her days up to this tipping point at the middle, she had me. How life in the middle of our lives breaks us open―and apart―and then open again. I finished her story on a plane above the country, so full, and in tears. ‘Ma'am?' my seat-mate asked, ‘are you ok?'
‘Oh, yes,' I answered. And gave him this book."
―Sarah Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Postmistress and The Guest Book
"Amazing Grace Adams is an exacting and brilliantly structured novel about love, grief, hope lost and then found again. I rooted for Grace from the first sentence."
―Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes
"Fran Littlewood has written a magnificent novel. Grace Adams is everywoman – filled with promise, trepidatious in love and eventually, a besotted mother. Amazing Grace Adams is a fully realized story of catastrophe and joy, grief and love, and the hidden chambers of the human heart that carry the best and worst of our experience. A stunning debut."
–Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of
Readers Top Reviews
Andrea
Loved this - elegantly written; smart and sassy; beautiful descriptions; realistic likeable characters (despite/beacause of their flaws); totally relatable storyline, both shocking and ordinary at the same time; heartbreaking in parts, but often funny. Couldnt put it down, finished it in a day but already missing Grace! Definately would recommend!
HillyAndrea
This was a slow starter but worth sticking with as it gets better and better. It's got all the emotions and really likeable characters, no baddies or nasty moments which makes for a lovely read.
calyHillyAndrea
Beautifully written the words just tumble out, I cried, laughed within minutes of each emotion - I defy anyone not to LOVE this.
SamanthacalyHilly
I devoured this book in just a few days, it took a turn I wasn’t expecting. It made me feel quite sad and being a woman in her 40’s on the edge of the peri menaupause a little scared. But it’s well written and a good read.
