Book Review: "Grace" by Richard Paul Evans

Grace by Richard Paul Evans

What a wonderful book! I read the entire book in under an hour and a half. The story follows a young man who befriends a runaway during a time when child abuse was ignored. In addition to dealing with his own family's concerns about money and illness, the young man learns about the beauty and cruelty in life as he falls in love with Grace.

Not quite a tearjerker for me, but definitely a book to make you think. There's a realization that none of us do enough to protect the children we briefly come in contact with because we are sometimes too afraid to become involved.

It's a quick read that compares itself to "The Little Match Girl" in terms of theme. The story is well written and the input from Grace's journal at the beginning of each chapter does a great job of setting up the coming action.

If you want a good book that's a quick read, Grace is for you.