Three years after his last major adult novel, Charles de Lint returns with a
new tale of magic, loss, and redemption, his first book set in the Southwest.
Centered on a remarkable female protagonist and entirely self-contained, this
is a modern contemporary fantasy as invented band pioneered by de Lint
himself.
Altagracia—her friends call her Grace—has a tattoo of Nuestra
Señora de Altagracia on her shoulder; she's got a Ford Motor Company
tattoo running down her leg; and she has grease worked so deep into her hands
that'll never wash out.
Grace works at Sanchez Motor Works, customizing hot rods. A few blocks around
her small apartment building is all her world—from the grocery store
where she buys beans, tamales and cigarettes to the library, the little record
shop, and the Solona Music Hall. Which is where she meets John Burns, just
two weeks too late.
Grace and John fall for one another, and that would be wonderful, except that
they're both haunted by unfinished business. Before their relationship can be
resolved, they're both going to have to learn things they don't know about the
world of the living and the world beyond. About why it's necessary to let
some things go.
The Mystery of Grace is a hardcover.
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