On Grace's Shoulders — Kim Scott

Beautiful, enchanting Grace Grenier has become the matriarch of her family. Through the years she copes with terrible tragedy, shocking scandal and unbearable heartbreak. Unfalteringly, she carries the burdens of the family on her shoulders to the end. On Grace's Shoulders is the third book in the Ruth Chernock series. This story is set in the late-1700's, in the Province of Maine. The series began with the hanging of Grace's mother, Ruth in book one, 'Regarding Ruth'. The story continued with the tragic lives of Ruth's daughters in book two, 'In Ruth's Memory'. This tale focuses on the next generation of Ruth's descendants in East Grantham.