Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild
Fiction
2025
Finished on January 6, 2026
Rating: 4.5/5 (Very Good!)
Publisher's Blurb:
Honor seems to have everything: she adores her bright and beautiful daughter, Chloe, and her charming, handsome husband, Tom, even if he works one hundred hours a week. Yet Honor’s longing for another baby threatens to eclipse all of it―until a shocking event changes their lives forever.
Years later, Tom makes a decision that ripples through their families’ lives in ways he could never have foreseen. As the consequences of that fateful choice unfold, two women’s paths become irrevocably intertwined. But when old love clashes with new, who will be left standing? And what happens when your secrets come back to haunt you?
Blending a page-turning moral dilemma with satisfying emotional poignancy, Finding Grace is a sweeping love story that explores the price of a new beginning, how the ghosts of our past shape our future, and whether redemption can be found in the wreckage of what we’ve lost.
Finding Grace is not a mystery, nor a domestic thriller, but it reads with the propulsive, twisty feel of a page-turner and I couldn't put it down! My jaw dropped as I read the last paragraph of the first chapter. Gobsmacked! I couldn't imagine where Rothschild was going with the story, but she pulled me in and didn't let go until the final page was turned. In spite of a few plot holes, this is a very impressive debut novel! It's one that book groups will be talking about all year, and if it didn't land on readers' Best of 2025 lists, it's bound to in 2026. Loretta Rothschild is one to watch.
Highly recommend. (Go with the print edition - I hear the audio isn't a winner.)
Okay you have me interested. I'm on the wait list for it. Sounds like a pretty fast read. Glad you liked it a lot. I plan to get to it.
ReplyDeleteSusan, I really enjoyed this one! Ti reviewed it last August and I was sold after reading her review. It is a fast read, yes. Go for it!
DeleteI am glad you enjoyed this one and I'm delighted to see how much you enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteDeb, I'm still thinking about this one.
DeleteHow have I not heard about this novel? Adding it to my TBR list
ReplyDeleteHelen, I hadn't heard of it until reading a review by Ti. I'm surprised it hasn't gained more attention... So good!
DeleteI always read print (or Kindle) but thanks for the tip. This sounds good and I need to add to my Goodreads lineup. Still focusing on the six books I want to knock out before March right now though.
ReplyDeleteTina, this would be a good "beach read" sometime this summer. Or, if you have a trip (via airplane) and need a distraction during your flight, this one is perfect for that, too.
DeleteOh, this sounds like a good one! The cover caught my eye last year, but I never followed through to learn what it's about.
ReplyDeleteJoAnn, it was Ti's recommendation that tempted me to buy a copy! I rarely ever buy books anymore, but this one was worth it, even if it's not great literature.
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