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Reviewed by Keith Mbuya for Readers' Favorite
To the world, Aurie Eaton was a successful chef of unmatched skill. However, beneath what many described as brilliance, discipline, and talent lay a dark truth that Aurie kept buried inside. Her secret dated back to 1970, when it all began. As a kid in Brooklyn, Aurie, alongside a group of other kids, had been in an organization that subjected them to exploitation and abuse disguised as opportunity. To cope with her tough circumstances, she had learned to build structures, using different personas to manage varied types of pressure and pain. When she is hired by an admirer of her work, she is about to be thrust down a path that will force her to face the past and end the toxic cycle she has been living through. Find out more in Between Grace and Fire by Long Temple.
Lovers of literary novels that blend psychological thrills with realism and suspense will find Between Grace and Fire by Long Temple an enthralling read. Using prose that relies on short, punchy, rhythmic sentences, Temple introduces readers to the complex inner world of Aurie Eaton. Aurie’s story not only explores identity, survival, and self-fragmentation but also the impact of trauma on the human psyche. She shows that self-fragmentation is not always a result of weakness, but also strength and resilience in the face of extraordinary circumstances of trauma, especially when at a young age. The dual timeline storyline allowed me to follow, understand, and appreciate the character’s growth. Through the story, Temple teaches readers that the most profound strength comes from precisely defining our terms and owning our truth. It might take time, but we will always overcome whichever bad situation or cycle that we’re dealing with.
