Amazing Grace Adams is a moving novel about determination and perseverance, even when nothing is going according to plan. It’s not a laugh a minute, but it is deeply felt and poignant.

What finally leads Grace to decide to try out for Peter Pan, even though her classmates teased her about it? Talk with your child about what this says about Grace’s character. Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759–1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament. Fran Littlewood has created a spectacularly glorious debut novel. I think every woman who reads this will recognise a little of Grace in herself (and if you haven’t yet, don’t worry, she’s coming) because she really has perfectly captured the struggles of the peri menopausal middle aged woman; juggling everything and watching helplessly as the balls come crashing down.

This is an enthusiastic hagiography, an easy-breezy read with a strong Christian perspective. It’s a little preachy, actually, with corny jokes thrown in to keep the congregation engaged. I enjoyed the book pretty well, but I didn’t know Metaxas was primarily a writer of religious works or I’d have chosen a more scholarly, objective biography. This has a bibliography but no index or cited sources. Here on the miniature plain of the carpet in a prophetic tableau of domestic happiness is the child who would lend the future era her name met the man who give it its character. Hoffman (Amazing Grace) adapts eight parables for children in this intimate, thought-provoking picture book. By their nature, the story-lessons, or parables, attributed to Jesus have traditionally Continue reading » a b c "Amazing Grace How Sweet the Sound", Dictionary of American Hymnology. Retrieved 31 October 2009. Thank you to the author Fran Littlewood, publishers Henry Holt and Macmillan Publishing, and as always NetGalley, for an advance digital copy of AMAZING GRACE ADAMS.

Excellent delightful narrator: Johnny Heller. Did the voices to extent that I recognized he was doing voices but not to extent of sounding cheesy. Sutton, Brett (January 1982). "Shape-Note Tune Books and Primitive Hymns", Ethnomusicology, 26 (1), pp. 11–26. Grace Adams is a genius. Really. She's an award winning Polyglot who's fluent in five languages. With all the great things she's achieved in her forty-five-year-old life, all she thinks she is now is perimenopausal. She feels like it defines her. Hoffman and Asquith, the duo behind The Great Big Book of Families and The Great Big Book of Emotions, explore the many permutations families can take and the feelings they can engender. With Continue reading » From the title it should be readily apparent that religion (in this case Methodism) will be given a feature role. While not a puritanical prude from start to finish, Wilberforce was heavily influenced by his faith and let it guide him in many of his life's choices. From the book's tone, I would guess Metaxas is, if not Methodist, at least a like-minded Christian. He writes with an obvious bias. It's almost completely transparent at times with very little reading between the lines necessary. That swamps integrity in my book. However, when it comes to non-fiction, for some reason biographers are often allowed a long leash when it comes to balanced, fair and honest journalism.

Hooper's (Amy) peppy historical novel starts out with a jaunty tone, and remains relatively chipper to the end—no mean achievement, considering that Continue reading » Amazing grace, how sweet the sound. J. Newton. [ Grace.] No. 41, Book i. of the Olney Hymns, 1779, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, entitled "Faith's Review and Expectation," and based upon i. Chron. xviii. 16, 17. In Great Britain it is unknown to modern collections, but in America its use is extensive. It is far from being a good example of Newton's work. Those feels are relatable.. we’ve all been there right. Although for Grace there’d been so much sadness (not to mention crazy) going on in her life.. she gets out of her car.. and just walks away. That begins Grace’s determined journey of finding herself, along with putting a flailing relationship with her teen daughter to rights. It is a wonderful debut that is thought-provoking, emotional and tender. Not at all what I was expecting. ❥ 4 stars — Pub. 9/5/23 Littlewood does do a good job with the chaos if this is what she was going for. When Grace gets up out of her car, while on the freeway, it feels like an urge to just put down the book and save it for another day, or maybe not even finish it. Aitken, Jonathan (2007). John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace, Crossway Books. ISBN 1-58134-848-7

Early 2000s. Grace is a polyglot who has just proven how amazing she is by winning the title of ’Polyglot of the Year.’AMAZING GRACE ADAMS is a book unlike anything I've read before. I wasn't truly hooked on this one until the second half, and then I just couldn't walk away. To be honest, I didn't like Grace much in the first half. But I think that was kind of the point. She's an unlikely character, an unlikely person, with a certain set of traits that make her difficult to deal with, both as a partner and as a parent. In dealing with the massive problems she experiences with her family in the course of this book, Grace experiences a great deal of growth. And so do we, as audience members, in being granted the opportunity to be this close to someone who is so fraught with emotion and yet unable to manage or express it. This can be an uncomfortable read, but it is well done. How industrious is Satan served. I was formerly one of his active undertemptors and had my influence been equal to my wishes I would have carried all the human race with me. A common drunkard or profligate is a petty sinner to what I was.

John Newton (1725-1807), English clergyman and religious poet, friend of Cowper and with him wrote 'Olney Hymns,' including the popular 'Amazing Grace'.

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He deserted the navy to visit Mary "Polly" Catlett, a family friend with whom he had fallen in love. [8] After enduring humiliation for deserting, [a] he was traded as crew to a slave ship. All in all, I had expected to love this book for it promised a strong middle-aged woman protagonist who had finally had enough of everyone taking her for granted. But the potential isn’t truly realised and the book ends up as an average read for me. The writer does have a lot of promise – it is no mean task to keep three timelines blending seamlessly. But perhaps a bit of editing and finetuning would have helped, especially in the over-the-top second half. I really liked the concept and idea of the story, especially with the three different timelines. I felt that certain timelines were more engaging than others. And then...we find out about a major thing that happened, and my heart just broke into a billion pieces and 100% understood why Grace, Ben, and Lottie acted and kept acting the way they did. I understand because I have lived it and everything is so realistically portrayed I had tears running down my face. Franklin's version is a prime example of "long meter" rendition: she sings several notes representing a syllable and the vocals are more dramatic and lilting. Her version lasts over ten minutes in comparison to the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards' that lasts under three minutes. (Tallmadge)(Turner, pp. 150–151.)