Tracy Shawn

The Grace of Crows Tracy Shawn

The award-winning novel "The Grace of Crows" is a story about how an anxiety-ridden woman finds happiness through the most unexpected ways and characters. Tormented with irrational fear, Saylor Crawmore tries every cure from self-help books and therapy to medication. Nothing has worked and she's desperate for an answer. Along with Saylor's anxiety, she must navigate the ongoing rip current between the troubled generations of her family. Her aging mother's narcissism, her teenage children's compulsions, and her husband's need to pretend everything is okay compound her debilitating fears. When Saylor discovers her childhood friend Billy, homeless and ignored since his teens, her world begins to shift. This encounter sparks Saylor's journey to gain insight into her strange fears and helps her to forge the power to overcome them. Armed with her new awareness, Saylor is also able to summon the courage to help her family.