“To say this book is beautiful, extraordinary or moving is futile. In comparison with Anthony Doerr’s word-perfect prose, any description of his first novel seems trite. Just buy ‘About Grace,’ call in sick, switch off the phone and see for yourself how good contemporary fiction can be.” 

—THE GUARDIAN

Inspired by the turn-of-the-century snowflake images taken by Wilson A. Bentley, Anthony’s debut novel is about a hydrologist named David Winkler who occasionally dreams events that later come true. When he has a dream that foretells the death of his own daughter, Grace, he flees thousands of miles from family and home in the desperate hope of contravening fate. The novel takes place in Alaska, the Caribbean, Ohio, and plenty of places in between, and it asks questions about snowflakes, predetermination, the nature of family, forgiveness, and the intersections of the human and natural worlds.

“‘About Grace’ is a rare novel that succeeds at being smart without being pretentious; that revels in symbolism without being heavy handed; that uplifts without being sentimental.”
—The Daily Republic

“A stunning meditation on chance and pattern, exile and home. Gorgeous, transporting, and deeply, deeply satisfying. Equal parts science and magic (but all of it magical).”
—KAren Joy Fowler

“There’s a rapture with nature expressed in prose that sings off the page; an infinitely subtle algebra of resonance and sympathy between minds, lives, objects, light, senses, weather.”
—The New York Times

“I can’t remember when a novel so entranced me. The only criticism I can muster is that ‘About Grace’ is almost inhumanly faultless.”
—London Evening Standard

“A formidable literary achievement… near perfect.”
—The Independent