Finding Grace

About the Book

Finding Grace is a play-by-play account of a young woman’s journey to a correct diagnosis.

On the cusp of twenty, Grace is beginning to believe that the disoriented fragments of her life are finally coming together, until an unforeseen illness savages her body and rescatters the many pieces.

Though Grace aspires to become a physician, her current state places her on the other side of the conversation. As the patient, Grace unlocks a hidden dimension to medicine that can only be accessed and felt by the individual being hospitalized. Bound to a bed, Grace has ample time to reflect on her life, society, and the meaning of her startling situation.

With irregular symptoms, strained family relations, and a cloud of uncertainty surrounding her future, Grace looks both to God and deep within herself for the strength to combat one of America’s least recognized major diseases.

About the Author

Monet Hall, presented as Grace in the narrative, is one of 1.5 million Americans battling SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus). Currently an undergraduate student, she is learning how to juggle academic excellence and a chronic illness. Though she is uncertain of her exact career projection, she finds herself drawn to the issues of mental health and mass incarceration. When class is not in session, Hall can be found in the Piney Woods of Deep East Texas.