Sorry I haven't posted anything in-depth for a while, and I'm still not now, but here's the Amazon link.
It's a "spiritual autobiography" - a faith-based book addressed to her father, who died of TB when she was around a year old. It's extremely religious, which I am not, but this book has meant a lot to my family, for better or for worse, in that this story has not been told at all until now. This grandma is my father's mother, and my father's side, in my experience, has valued pride and emotional strength over most traits, which, while it has its positive outcomes, has lead to a lot of stories being hidden, compounded by my grandma's seen-and-not-heard upbringing. Her writing and distributing this book was a completely unprecedented gesture that, until she told me she was writing a book, I did not expect to happen... and I was even more surprised when I actually read the content in how open she was willing to be with me and everyone. It was really, really touching.

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