Introduction
Saving Grace is novel set in the desperately poor town of Scrabble Creek in North Carolina and is told by a girl as she recounts her experiences living with her family who are desperately trying to scrounge a living out of the soil. It examines the relationship between Florida Grace Shepherd who is the main character and narrator of the book with her father, a snake controlling evangelist preacher and her mother who is a rather submissive personality. It is interesting to note how both coped with their lives particularly Florida Grace who was also abused by her father and this can said ...
