In Her Grace

Summary

For fans of Yesteryear and Big Little Lies, In Her Grace is a full-throated feminist thriller about power reimagined.

In 2052 America, the laws that once protected women’s autonomy have been steadily dismantled under the guise of protection and order.

Grace Banks knows this intimately. Once a promising ballerina, Grace is now trapped in a glittering cage of an abusive marriage to trillionaire Preston Banks, living under constant surveillance. Pregnant and running out of options, Grace uses Merge—a controversial new technology that allows one consciousness to inhabit another person’s body—to enact a brave, desperate choice.

The result is Preston’s death.

Was this murder or self-defense? With her freedom on the line, Grace becomes the center of a trial that captivates the country. Her defense rests in the hands of Helena Variss, a once-renowned attorney struggling with grief and her own disillusionment with a legal system increasingly hostile toward women. As the case unfolds, what first appears to be a shocking act of violence becomes something far more complicated and revealing: a reckoning over female agency, motherhood, and the stories society chooses to believe about women.

For readers of Jessamine Chan and Naomi Alderman, In Her Grace is a gripping near-future novel about resilience, sisterhood, and justice redefined, with two unforgettable heroines who refuse to be erased.