Unmaking Grace

Grace is a literary novel that deals realistically with the way adults who experienced domestic violence as children or drastic and violent loss can be affected by it years later. The novel also explores the legacy of political violence against minority populations in South Africa, in particular the experiences of South African youth who engaged in political protests in the 80s and were subsequently imprisoned, exiled, and disappeared in the government’s brutal attempts at suppression. This is a great book-club read and we will support that by advertising it in the Reading Group Choices guide. A great book for readers who have loved books by Alice Walker–which explore the same themes of intergenerational and political violence, specifically in the lives of women.