Back Road Grace is a collection of Scott Stowell's essays, memoirs and short fiction about Northern culture, wilderness treasures and the character of the inhabitants in the Minnesota Arrowhead. They elicit thought, laughter and encouragement. Readers from distant locations will learn more about year-round life in a northern climate and the moxie it takes to thrive there. Local readers will already know the lifestyle, but perhaps better appreciate the life they're living and who they're with.

Several stories have been broadcast on public radio station KAXE/KBXE Northern Community Radio or previously published in print.