S D McCauley

Grace Pointe S D McCauley

When the story opens in 1964, Grace Pointe, South Carolina-like cities and towns all across the nation-is swept up in the unrest of the Civil Rights movement, and the war in Vietnam. Over the next four years, the life of eighteen-year-old Emma Matheson will be forever changed by the war. This is a story of close-knit families and enduring friendships-their love, faith, triumph, and hope-in the face of unspeakable tragedy. ... Emma headed back home. She rolled the windows down, felt the air rush in, and heard the piercing cry of a heron in the distance. She felt her wet cold clothes on her body, and a numb pain inside. The war wasn't thousands of miles away anymore. It had crept in, and taken a hold now in Grace Pointe. The war had come home and taken root, just like kudzu moving forward uncontained, taking over everything along its ominous path...