Ordinary Grace- William Kent Krueger
Some books leave an emotional print on you, irrespective of the storyline, the plot or the ending. This is one of those novels. Ordinary Grace by Meloche is narrated by Frank Drum, the second child to the Drum family. Set in the year 1961, the story is told forty years later by Frank about the fateful summer of that year, in which murder took a joyous ride around the town of Minnesota. A small boy at the edge of young adulthood is confronted with experiences that are far above his age and understanding. The death of a small boy named Bobby Cole, shook the Drum family as well as the whole society. A child’s life lost affected the whole of the community. Jake, Frank’s younger brother was affected the most. Ariel, their elder sister had suddenly started showing suspicious behaviour. She did not talk about her whereabouts and sneaked away at nights to places known to god. Frank noticed her once and thought that she must be going to see her boyfriend, well he wished later that were the tr