This I Know by Eldonna Edwards ~ A Review

by Susan Roberts

This is a wonderfully written coming of age novel with an added ingredient. Not only is Grace, an 11-year-old girl, trying to navigate life but she also has a special gift that she calls 'the knowing' that makes her able to see people's pasts and futures.
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April 2018; A John Scognamiglio Book
978-1496712868
audio, ebook, print (320 pages); historical

Grace is part of a family with 4 girls and two parents. The only boy, and Grace's twin, died at birth and Grace continues to get guidance from him with her special gift. Her father is an evangelical preacher and her mother is struggling with day to day life due to deep depression after her last baby is born. Grace's father thinks that her ability to KNOW things comes from the devil as do the people in their small town and her own sisters. Since Grace is set apart, she makes friends with some quirky people, a homeless man and the daughter of a hippie couple. She finally has to make a choice on whether she will use her gift to help people or whether she will conform to the person that her father, her family and her townspeople expect her to be and ignore her gift.

This is a beautiful, well-written novel. Grace is a character who will stay with the reader long after the book is completed.  Her way of dealing with her gift show an understanding of life far beyond her age.

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Susan Roberts lives in North Carolina when she isn't traveling. She and her husband enjoy traveling, gardening and spending time with their family and friends. She reads almost anything (and the piles of books in her house prove that) but her favorite genres are Southern fiction, women's fiction, and thrillers. Susan is a top 1% Goodreads Reviewer. You can connect with Susan on Facebook, Goodreads,  or Twitter.

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