Family Saga, Contemporary, Literature, AIDS 

Two sisters, Mead and Luce, born into a cold, science-oriented family, have spent the majority of their lives estranged. Mead, a rising star in the field of AIDS research, has been insulated from the human dimension of the disease in her well-funded Chicago lab. Now on fellowship in Nairobi, she finds herself in an utterly surreal environment - where beauty, ignorance and plague come together in a virulent and frightening mosaic. Powerless for the first time in her professional life, Mead is further caught off guard by the reappearance of her ex-fianc, Peter, a handsome microbiologist. Against the backdrop of a continent virtually written off by the first world, Mead's past and present collide. Meanwhile, Luce, her older sister and a painter, is on the verge of a new level of commercial success and critical acceptance. Her latest series of paintings, - haunting, lonely and evocative - are highly acclaimed by critics for capturing the spiritual angst of the age.! This professional success is in marked contrast to the deep depression Luce feels following the loss of her partner. The daughters' dramas reverberate through their mother Elizabeth who lives vicariously through their successes and adventures. But when her husband suffers a stroke, an alarming history of lies and self-deception is uncovered. As each woman squares off against the forces of mortality, they must face each other - and themselves - and find their own bridge to grace. Played out against the backdrop of disease-ridden sub-Saharan Africa and the art worlds of New York and San Francisco, Searching for Grace is not just a riveting portrayal of three dynamic women, but an intricate and stirring family drama.: - from Amzon