Grace McCleen Books In Order

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Grace McCleen is a successful published author.

She was born in Wales and grew up in a fundamentalist religion, which meant that she did not have all that much contact with people who were not also believers. She was ten years old when her family decided to move back to Ireland and once she got there, she was schooled at home.

Grace moved back to Britain with her family and once she did she went back to school. It was there that an English teacher suggested to her that she end up applying to Oxford as they were confident that she would get in.

Grace attended Oxford University, where she studied English literature. She then studied at The University of York. From there, Grace moved on to become a full time writer and musician. Her debut novel was titled The Land of Decoration and was first released for readers to enjoy in 2012.

The Land of Decoration is a 2012 novel by Grace McCleen. If you have been keeping your eyes open for something new and out of the usual to enjoy, this debut about a young girl who finds that her belief and imagination might end up jeopardizing all that she holds dear might just be the selection you’re looking for.

In this book, readers meet the main character of Judith McPherson for the first time. She is ten years old and a young believer who sees the entire world through the lens of her view of faith. But holding this religious status also comes with challenges. She is bullied at school for her beliefs and is having troubles with her distant father at home.

Judith is able to find solace in a miniature model of the Promised Land that she has made in her room from discarded scraps that she has collected together. She uses them all to create what she calls the Land of Decoration. Others might look at all of it and see rubbish and trash. But Judith sees divinity and possibility in the oddest traces left behind.

As forces work to drive a wedge into the peace that she has in her modest life with her Father, Judith is able to create a miracle in her Land of Decoration that in her mind solidifies the convictions that are beginning to take hold. She feels that she is a chosen instrument of God. Real or not, the consequences of her power are tough to control and as a result may come to challenge the foundations of her world.

With incredible storytelling and prose, this book is a complex story that reviews good and evil, the concepts of belonging and being isolated, and shows just how far sometimes we are willing to go in order to protect the things that we care about the most. Check out this incredible debut and see how Grace McCleen has established herself as a literary force to be reckoned with!

The Offering is a 2015 novel by Grace McCleen. If you have been wanting to read something original that is interesting enough to pull you out of the everyday and into a fictional world, this might be the right pick for you.

Madeline’s 14th birthday saw something happen that ended up being so deeply traumatic that it ended up leading to a mental breakdown. It’s now been years later and still she finds herself unable to remember the events of what happened that night, or is unwilling to.

Despite these blocks, there is a new psychiatrist named Dr. Lucas who thinks that he might be able to help. He is of the belief that he is going to be able to unlock her memory by taking her through the preceding year step by step. This is when her father moved their family and relocated them to an island that he thought he had been guided to by God. Perhaps this is the key to understanding what happened.

During this time, things were not easy. The family did not have a lot of money and her mother was frequently sick. Her father was a strong and volatile presence. Despite all of this Madeline truly loved their new rural home. She loved the nature of it and felt that she could sense God in every piece of grass.

When things start to go wrong, she though that she would be able to put them right. As Dr. Lucas gets closer and closer to digging up the past, it starts to become apparent that she was misguided and he is on dangerous ground. Now they are going to both have to be careful as the truth slowly gets revealed.

Full of beauty and reverence for the natural world contrasting with the human dangers at home, this is a haunting story that will stay with readers long after the last page. Check out The Offering by Grace McCleen to see for yourself how this fascinating and suspenseful story ends.