Does Grace Mean Forgiveness?



I stumbled across this novel Stardust Summer by Lauren Clark recently. Now is the perfect time to share it.  This novel is on my Beach Read list of 2015. I hope it will also be on yours!

Synopsis: 

Grace and Evan make their home in Mississippi, but her father and step mother live in New York.   She receives an invite to a dedication of a library at her father’s university where he is the president.  She is not about to go and forget the past.  Then the unthinkable happens her father dies and Grace must make the trip after all to New York to deal both the death of her father and her relationship stepmother.  Then there is 
Doctor Ryan who lets work become his life, but has a special relationship with both of Grace’s parents.  Will Grace discover healing with her family and be able to let go of the past?  Will Ryan be able to look beyond his work? 

My Thoughts: 

Lauren Clark is a favorite author of mine.  I very much enjoyed this novel.   The symbolism used to propel the story forward with the use of Grace’s name and the discussion of forgiveness.  What does grace truly mean?  How could it apply to the character Grace being open to a new future? 

She really let the characters tell their stories in this novel which added depth and made the plot interesting.  This novel is an easy read which will keep you flipping the pages to the end. 

4.5/5

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