Get under your own hood and learn how to do preventative maintenance, upkeep, and emergency repairs to your mental health. Remember how you were always told, “There’s no manual for life?”

Well now there is.

This gripping novel covers the effect a police officer’s death by suicide has on those around him. Told with a compassionate yet no-nonsense tone that brings home the reality of loss as the survivors search for answers and healing.

How do you talk to a child about an absent parent? How, as a child, do you deal with the disappointment of your parent missing another event? Explore these feelings with Grace and Gram.

Illustrated by Lynn Egan