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Newton and polly by jody hedlund overdrive rakuten. Julie lessman, awardwinning author of the daughters of boston, winds of. Prior to reading this novel i knew a little bit about the history of john newton, the author of the hymn, amazing grace. In this novel we are taken back to the the year 1742 when polly and john meet for the first time. A novel of amazing grace by jody hedlund amazing grace has become one of those well known and loved songs of all time. This is a fictional novel, based on the famous john newton and polly catlett. I once was lost, but now am found now remembered as the author of the worlds most famous hymn, in the mideighteenth century as england and france stand on the brink of war, john newton is a.
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