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Craig Weiss and his mother endured decades of financial hardship and loneliness after Peter Weiss left them without any means of financial support. However, when he and his father are reunited thirty years later, Craig, to the surprise of his wife, mother, and father, inexplicably and resolutely forgives Peter for his parental neglect.As he learns about his father’s temperament and prison sentence, Craig reconsiders forgiving his father. Loved ones want to shelter him from his father’s past of violence and failed relationships. Craig becomes preoccupied with the condition and whereabouts of Peter’s youngest victim and conducts his own search to find the answers to his questions. Meanwhile, Craig’s wife Julia becomes enamored by a remarkable teenager whose life experiences have provided him with wisdom and faith that provide them guidance. Ultimately, Craig suffers from survivor’s guilt when he realizes that he and his mother could have ended up enduring pain and suffering experienced by his father’s victims…But for the Grace of God.
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About the Author
Frank Borne published his first novel, But for the Grace of God in 2012. Astraea Press published Fame and Misfortune in October 2013, and Beau Coup Publishing released The Captain and the Queen in April 2014 and The Captain of Her Heart in October 2014. He released Forever Her Captain in April 2016. He serves as Chief Deputy Clerk of Court with the Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court's Office in Gretna, Louisiana, where he has been employed since 1994. Borne graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University with a bachelor's degree in government and a minor in history and has authored numerous non-fiction books and short essays concerning Jefferson Parish history and politics, and served as editor of The West Bank Beacon, a good-news community newspaper, for three and a half years. He lives in Harvey, Louisiana, with his wife Schlise.
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