The Herb Of Grace
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
In the quiet aftermath of World War II, Elizabeth Goudge's The Herb of Grace draws readers into the lives of the Eliot family as they settle into Damerosehay, a rambling old inn nestled in the English countryside, seeking renewal, reconciliation, and the healing that only time and grace can bestow. The novel chronicles the family's emotional and spiritual restoration, weaving together the stories of multiple generations as they confront their past wounds, their fractured relationships, and the quiet, persistent call of faith and forgiveness. Goudge writes with a luminous tenderness that transforms the domestic and the ordinary into something profoundly sacred, her prose suffused with a deeply English sensibility rooted in landscape, tradition, and quiet moral courage. Known for her richly layered characters and her ability to illuminate the spiritual dimensions of everyday life, she presents here a novel of rare emotional depth — one that lingers long after the final page, leaving the reader to wonder whether grace, like the herb of rue from which the title draws its Shakespearean epigraph, is most potent when worn with a difference.
Author: Elizabeth Goudge
Format: Hardback
Published: 1948, Hodder and Stoughton
Genre: Fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
In the quiet aftermath of World War II, Elizabeth Goudge's The Herb of Grace draws readers into the lives of the Eliot family as they settle into Damerosehay, a rambling old inn nestled in the English countryside, seeking renewal, reconciliation, and the healing that only time and grace can bestow. The novel chronicles the family's emotional and spiritual restoration, weaving together the stories of multiple generations as they confront their past wounds, their fractured relationships, and the quiet, persistent call of faith and forgiveness. Goudge writes with a luminous tenderness that transforms the domestic and the ordinary into something profoundly sacred, her prose suffused with a deeply English sensibility rooted in landscape, tradition, and quiet moral courage. Known for her richly layered characters and her ability to illuminate the spiritual dimensions of everyday life, she presents here a novel of rare emotional depth — one that lingers long after the final page, leaving the reader to wonder whether grace, like the herb of rue from which the title draws its Shakespearean epigraph, is most potent when worn with a difference.