"Tokens of Grace accomplishes something extraordinary; it looks without blinking and speaks without pretension."
—New York Times Book Review

"40 splendid vignettes to examine one year in the childhood of two young girls. And because we care so much about these characters, we come away wondering what became of them in later years." — Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Tokens of Grace carries a big sweet cry that lingers." — Minnesota Daily

"A sensitive portrait of change, readjustment, and growth." — ALA Booklist

". . . a powerful haunting collection of stories." — The Sunday Independent

"No resolution presents itself; life simply continues with its moments of terror and of grace. O'Connor captures both the toughness and fragility of memory in this many faceted exploration of one young girl's coming of age." — Hurricane Alice

"There is nothing minimal in this small book called Tokens of Grace. These vignettes are pure distillations of memory, the kind of momentous moments one only meets in childhood. As they accrue, one realizes none of these moments has passed without each germinating its own see of belief--a story is growing and the story is a forest in which many of us have lived. Sheila O'Connor should rest content that, in this venture, she has expressed the inexpressible experience." — Mary LaChapelle, House of Heroes