San Marcos resident Anna Daugherty was visiting family in Houston when Hurricane Harvey hit. After witnessing the catastrophic floods that devastated thousands of homes and businesses, Daugherty knew she would one day write about the experience.
The valiant efforts of her fellow Texans during this time of crisis inspired her to write her second novel, “Reaching for Grace,” which will be released on Aug. 29 through Texas publisher Black Rose Writing.
“I wanted to portray both the pain of loss and the strength of community in a situation like that,” Daugherty said. “My husband and I had plans to fly out of Houston in August 2017 with our then-fivemonth-old daughter. We drove down a few days early to visit my husband’s family in Kingwood, just north of Houston. At that point, Harvey was only a tropical storm.”
