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Amazing Grace
Mailon L. Quiambao
BSEDSS 2-1N
Title Of The Book: AMAZING GRACE
Author: Tara FT Sering

I:BACKGROUND OF THE AUTHOR:
Tara FT Sering is the author of five books published in the Philippines.She is currently editing an art magazine Contemporary Art Philippines in Manila and is working on a new book.(Amazing Grace pp.194)Almost Married:A novel about Love, Longing,and last Hurrahs, Between Dinner and the Morning After, Amazing Grace, Reconnaissance, and Getting Better.

II:SUMMARY OF THE STORY:
The story starts when Grace met Mike.At the age of 27,Grace felt the feeling of getting obsessed to find her match in life.She just spend her life teaching young kids,going out with her bestie’s,sleeps,making Lesson Plans then eat.She felt bored and the moment she asked herself to find the best way in her life.And that lead to her to her dreams :having a wonderful married life with kids at all. The twist starts when her sister Lena planned to make a dinner date .She asked Grace for the plan and surprisingly accept it. And the Day comes to her.He met Mike Martinez,a cute guy that she decided that she is getting in love with the guy.With only eight days after they met,two years after they were engaged .The story leads in a wrong way when Mike unexpectedly assigned to Singapore for his business plans .This made a great impact to Grace, where she is busy making ideas on their future wedding. The guy agreed to fly off to Singapore where he met this blonde-long legged girl Kaela.As Mike dropped by to Singapore, the two simply lead to getting to know each other.While Grace can’t even take a sleep as the Day passed by.She abruptly decided to fly off to Singapore too.Where she smells something happening in a wrong way, Grace got paranoid all the time.Even at Mike’s Profile ,she surprisingly seen the girl who blonde in color,and legged.That girl is always appeared in all Mike’s

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