Becoming Grace: A tale of two sisters

By James Raggio

Based on a true story, Becoming Grace is a shocking and inspiring family saga. It is 1968, sex, drugs and rock and roll. After her parent's divorce, teenager Grace Rentano and her sister Amber are forced into sexual slavery by their alcoholic mother. For the next ten years, Grace is torn between saving Amber and saving herself. Venice Beach, California in the '70s becomes the epicenter of Grace's rite of passage and Amber's sexual abuse at the hands of her mother's boyfriend. Grace finds friendship and shelter on the boardwalk and clubs around Venice. She builds lifelong friendships and sows her oats in the free love counterculture. At the same time, Amber goes through school hiding a dark secret, alienated from her classmates. She seeks a knight-in-shining-armor but instead finds shelter with a band of neglected children. Throughout Becoming Grace the two sisters go in and out of one another's lives never quite knowing how to be there for each other. When Grace finds her soul mate, they join a religious community and adopt five children. Meanwhile, Amber sells her body to survive, dependent on a series of abusive men. Grace's attempts to rescue Amber fail at every turn. Nearing thirty and addicted to meth, Amber is desperate. She allows Ted, a chat line friend, to whisk her away to Tacoma, Washington. There she begins her new life as a housewife, far from family. Grace experiences a series of crises that force her and her family to Boulder, Colorado. After nearly two decades of married life, Amber receives the tragic news that her mother has committed suicide. Her mother's death throws her into a spiral. After a devastating divorce, she jumps into a dead end relationship. Amber is left to face her worst fears. Meanwhile, the loss has a different effect on Grace. With her children grown, she abandons her former life, to become the person she'd always dreamed of. "All I can say is that very few booksin my reading experience have moved melike this one..." Roberta Tenant, Falcon Books

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1723968498
• ISBN13: 9781723968495
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"