A peculiar grace

Description:

Set in the art scene of postwar New York, a commune in the early seventies, and contemporary small-town New England, A Peculiar Grace is a remarkable achievement by one of our finest authors and an insightful portrait of family secrets, with an unforgettable cast of characters who have learned to survive by giving shape to their losses.

subjects: Artist-blacksmiths,  Fiction,  Artist-blacksmiths -- Fiction,  family life,  Vermont,  Artists,  Widows,  Man-woman relationships,  Fiction, family life,  Vermont, fiction,  Artists, fiction,  Widows, fiction,  Man-woman relationships, fiction,  New York Times reviewed,  Fiction, family life, general

Places: New York,  New England

Times: postwar,  early seventies