Michelle B. Hallett

The Shadow Side of Grace is a stunningly assured first book. Michelle Butler Hallett writes with the urgency of someone with a message that will avert disaster. She has a strong moral sensibility that shines through in these stories of transgression and payback. There is an uncompromising quality to this work, and some readers may be startled by what happens or even made uncomfortable by some of the issues that these stories raise. But this is a book worth reading both for the challenge it poses and the sheer artistry of the writing.… (mehr)