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Grace in Hell\u2019s Kitchen<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

A Novel in Verse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Grace in Hell\u2019s Kitchen<\/em><\/strong> is a story of an ordinary woman who lived an extraordinary life. Born in Hell\u2019s Kitchen to immigrant parents who did not speak English, Grace Kremza, a smart, studious, faith-filled Catholic woman, assimilates into the hardscrabble life of this poor neighborhood, excels in school, aspires to go to college\u2014only to have her dreams derailed by an unplanned pregnancy. She marries her high school sweetheart, and the family struggles financially. Its economics is stabilized when Grace gets a part-time job at a rising trucking company, UPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As her husband successfully secures a position in the local racketeering business, the family prospers financially. But misfortune strikes when her husband is falsely convicted of murder and sent to Sing Sing for twenty-five years. Grace in Hell\u2019s Kitchen<\/em><\/strong> is a story of loyalty\u2014to her family, to her neighborhood, and to her husband, as he adjusts to prison and to his return to his family, to his freedom, and to a future she hopes for\u2014but only he can determine what happens next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grace in Hell\u2019s Kitchen A Novel in Verse Grace in Hell\u2019s Kitchen is a story of an ordinary woman who lived an extraordinary life. Born in Hell\u2019s Kitchen to immigrant parents who did not speak English, Grace Kremza, a smart, studious, faith-filled Catholic woman, assimilates into the hardscrabble life of this poor neighborhood, excels in<\/p>\n

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