Written by Sara Rath and based on the collection of Sprague's papers at the Vermont Historical Society, Seven Years of Grace is a fascinating story that takes you deep into the heart of antebellum American culture. It is a dramatized account of the life of Aschsa Sprague, who in the decade preceding the Civil War lectured to audiences of thousands on Spiritualism, the abolition of slavery, women's rights, and prison reform. She presented herself as a medium, lecturing and siging hymns in a state of trance. Alone on stage, she drew acclaim and adminration but also jeers, ridicule, and condemnation.