Moments of Glad Grace: A Memoir

“Beautifully written and perfectly executed from first to last sentence.” — Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi

“A richly layered journey, charmingly told.” — Plum Johnson, author of They Left Us Everything

A moving and witty memoir about a daughter’s evolving relationship with her aging father and their shared journey to belonging.

The story begins as a trip from Canada to Ireland in search of genealogical data and documents. Being 80 and in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease, Joe invit...