{"product_id":"grace","title":"GRACE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e256pp., paperback,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cspan\u003eCanongate Books\u003c\/span\u003e, Edinburgh, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781837261925\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen she was 15 years old Grace fell pregnant and, under pressure from her parents, gave \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eher first born away. Unable to forgive her parents, she cut them off and went on to create a new life for herself. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow a wife, mother to twin daughters and the owner of a successful medical clinic, her estranged mother's sudden re-appearance threatens to destroy everything. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eGrace\u003c\/em\u003e is the perfect title for this beautiful, bruising novel. Unigwe writes with a rare steadiness of gaze.\" Lisa Harding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Explores daunting agonies, their brutal consequences and their redemptive power with great stoicism, insight and yes, grace.\" Shobha Rao\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eChika Unigwe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e was born in Enugu, Nigeria, and educated in Belgium and Holland. She is the author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/products\/the-middle-daughter?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=3452da732\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Middle Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOn Black Sisters Street\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (winner of the NLNG Prize for Literature) and the short story collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBetter Never than Late\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShe is Professor of Creative Writing at Georgia College, GA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unigwe (C.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42190876114990,"sku":null,"price":370.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/3182\/3662\/files\/Grace.jpg?v=1774346998","url":"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/products\/grace","provider":"Clarke's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}