Saving Grace (short story)

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"Saving Grace"
Author Orson Scott Card
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Published in Maps in a Mirror
Publisher Tor Books
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Publication date 1990

"Saving Grace" is a short story by American writer Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collection Maps in a Mirror .

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