Tender Graces
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TENDER GRACES Kathryn Magendie Trade paperback, April 2009, Bell Bridge Books Contemporary Women’s Fiction, Southern A gentle yet unflinching look at how we find our way home. A woman returns to her West Virginia roots to resolve the ghosts of her childhood. In the tradition of Rebecca Wells, Sue Monk Kidd, Lime Ann Burns, and Dorothy Allison. TENDER GRACES by Kathryn Magendie is strong literary women’s fiction written with exquisite style. The death of her troubled mother and memories of her abused grandmother lure a young woman back to the Appalachian hollow where she was born. Virginia Kate, the daughter of a gorgeous mountain wild-child and a polished, Shakespeare-quoting salesman, relives her turbulent childhood and the pain of her mother’s betrayals. Haunted by ghosts and buried family tree secrets, Virginia Kate struggles to reconcile three generations of her family tree’s lost innocence. Rave reviews include: “Kathryn Magendie’s TENDER GRACES is a powerful, moving and perfectly written debut. With rich detail, plain imagery and keenly drawn characters who leap off the page, drag you into their lives and make you root for them, this book will mandate your attention all the way to the final page…and place you wishing for more.”–Danielle Younge-Ullman, leader of FALLING UNDER “Kathryn Magendie’s TENDER GRACES leaves a ghostly trail of broken hearts from by-God West Virginia to Texas to the shimmering seasons of Louisiana where real like and an unexpected home is establish for a lost child. Reminiscent of early Lee Smith and Silas House, Magendie’s Virginia Kate Carey is the steady beating pulse of this gorgeous narrative that sweeps through a lifetime of loss, grief, and ultimately redemption and what it means to go home again.” – Kerry Madden, leader, Gentle’s Holler “Gifted” – Deborah LeBlanc, leader “Powerful” – Angie Ledbetter, leader “Arresting” – David Madden, leader “A poem to childhood” – Ed Cullen, NPR contributor “Held me spellbound” – Cheryl’s Book Nook reviews “Poetic” — J. Kaye’s Book Blog “Poignant and amusing” – Booklove reviews “Simply incredible” – Firestalker Reviews “I truly couldn’t place it down” – Suburban Sanity Reviews “Don’t miss this book”—The Serenity Room Reviews “Highly recommended – Kaye’s Penguin Posts Reviews “TENDER GRACES by Kathryn Magendie is the kind of book that sticks with you long after you end it. I turned the last page this morning, and I still can’t get the characters out of my head. . . I highly recommend Tender Graces, and I know it will make my list of favorite books for the year.” – Diary of an Eccentric Reviews “This is supposed to be a review of Kathryn Magendie’s exquisite literary novel, not a all-purpose discussion of my father’s peculiarities, but maybe that’s my point. Tender Graces became part of my family tree. Virginia Kate could have been me. Her mother could have been my father’s mother. Her brother Micah could have been my Dad. Maybe that’s the highest praise I could ever give a book anyway: I couldn’t separate my reality from Magendie’s fiction.” – Katrina Stonoff, Let it Simmer Reviews
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Ok, so I got this on my Kindle because there were fantastic reviews and I needed a new book to read. I got through about the frist 4 pages before I gave up. The writing is horrible! I had to keep reading the same paragraph over and over and was still not sure what was trying to be said. I am sure it was fantastic for some, but it was not for me.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
This is a wonderful read. I was born in West Virginia and can fully tell to the mountains, hollers and being dirt poor. This tale certainly reminded very much of my own life many years ago. I look forwards to reading more from this leader.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
The tale was well told and kept me interested, although I don’t usually read this style of book. I recommend it and look forwards to more of this leader’s books.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I really loved this book. It made me reflect of “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls.
This is the tale of a small girl named Virginia Kate. At the beginning of the tale, she is an adult and returning to her childhood home of West Virginia. But, most of the tale is set in Virginia Kate’s growing up years. Throughout the tale you learn about how she grew up with her mother and father and two brothers in their dysfunctional family tree. Her parents were alcoholics, among additional things.
The book was well written and Virginia Kate’s tale drew you into her world. There were a few times where I wanted to laugh and weep with her as well as be mad with her parents for different reasons. Brilliant coming of age kind of tale.
The only reason I gave this book 4 stars was that the formatting was off periodically throughout the book leaving spaces b etween word s in the s tory which becam e annoying. I’m assuming this was just a Kindle conversion problem and not in the print version.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
This is a lovely book. The relationships and characters are intriguing and touching. It was an simple read but not simplistic or trashy. It was a fantastic beach book!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5