Memoirs of a Mask Maker

How does a 5-year-old girl navigate deep loss after a tragic car accident leaves her motherless? Charting a life of tending grief and reclaiming joy, Memoirs of a Mask Maker honors the women who helped the girl stitch together a beautiful life-a grandmother, a neighbor and a pharmacist in Japan...

Years later, when the global pandemic raged, Kathryn Graven responded by sewing hundreds of colorful masks, signing each with a note of encouragement. Making masks tapped all she had learned about ...