Grace of the Empire State by Gemma Tizzard Non-fiction Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor

Five years later

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and Korean Oyster Fritters

Grace of the Empire State by Gemma Tizzard Non-fiction Christian Science MonitorIn this thrilling, heartbreaking (Annie Lyons, author of The Air Raid Club) debut novel set during the Great Depression in 1930s New York, a daring dancer must take her twin brothers place as a riveter high atop the in progress Empire State Building to save her family from ruin. Following the death of their father, Grace OConnell and her twin brother Patrick battle to keep their family afloat as the Great Depression takes its toll on New York City.