Lynne Adele - Sanctification & Grace

40 pp., 8.5 x 5.5 in., printed on 80# felt weave paper, saddle-stitched, with a 100# felt weave cover, featuring full color illustrations by Texas artist Rachel Martin and a cover design by Will Branch. Offered in an edition of 50 signed and numbered copies. Ships free to US addresses.

In the pair of short stories that comprise Sanctification & Grace, the character Andrew, first introduced as the narrator of Natalie’s Hoosier Holiday, returns to guide us through a series of complicated events in the lives of two members of the fictional Walker family. With unflinching honesty and a sensitive approach, “The Sanctification of Cousin Dave” and “Cousin Ronny’s Fall from Grace” illuminate how the two protagonists are shaped by their cultural traditions, belief systems, and the challenges of their upbringings as children of displaced southerners in a Rust Belt city.