Johan has sometimes been fortunate but never particularly successful: he lost his job for a breach of professional integrity, and he and his son haven't spoken in eight years. His greatest happiness-his grace-is his competent, confident wife Mai, who loves him unreservedly. Now, with six months to live, and with Mai's help, he intends to die well. But as he broods on the pleasures and regrets of his life, and death slowly envelops him, Johan's resolution begins to waver. Morally intricate and full of sly humor, "Grace" is a touching and unexpectedly dramatic exploration of the territory...

A Blessed Child""is a haunting parable of innocence lost from the internationally acclaimed author of "Grace "and "Stella Descending."
Every summer Isak Lovenstad gathers his three daughters by different wives to the windswept Baltic island of Hammarso. Here Erika, Laura, and Molly find a sense of family and friendship, although nothing can match Erika's connection to the rebellious misfit Ragnar. But when an act of senseless cruelty separates them forever--and drives the sisters from the island in shame and regret--they must leave childhood and their growing relationships behind. Now,...