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Gracie Dodson Haibach is the refined, sophisticated matriarch of the Haibach family who has kept the truth about her past a tightly-guarded secret for nearly a century. Her grandson, author Michael Haibach, stumbles upon the truth, setting in motion revelations about his family's past that Gracie had hoped would never surface. Amazing Gracie is the true story of a family destroyed, and the lengths a young girl goes to survive unimaginable horrors to turn tragedy into triumph. Strength, determination, and an unlikely friendship propel Gracie from a past filled with betrayal, horrific abuse, and loss, into a future filled with love, happiness, and family. Gracie Dodson Haibach truly is Amazing Gracie.

Quite by chance, I uncovered family secrets that had been buried and skillfully guarded for close to a century. Yet hidden beneath the lies and secrets Ñ and far more startling Ñ was the truth. Acquiring that truth, was a journey of discovery for me, which led me to write, AMAZING GRACIE. In the telling of my grandmother's story, I reveal a woman far more complex than I ever could have imagined. A woman, much to my surprise, I barely knew, despite what I had believed to be the closest relationship in my life.

AMAZING GRACIE, is a true story of a young girl who survives the shocking destruction of her poor-yet-loving family, and rises to become a woman of strength, courage, and tenacity. What lies beneath Gracie Dodson Haibach’s sophisticated, wealthy, refined, high-society exterior has been a closely guarded secret for nearly a century, and is only revealed when her grandson begins researching his family’s history and uncovers his grandmother’s true past; a past filled with tragedy, betrayal, deception, and unimaginable abuse. But the true secret revealed in AMAZING GRACIE, is that at its heart, it is really a story about love, friendship, strength and survival.