A heartfelt story about family, forgiveness, and starting over when the happy ending ends—and handling it all with a little bit of grace. Family is everything—Grace Adams McHale's mom must have said it to her a thousand times before she died. Before Grace's dad ran off with an aspiring actress half his age. Before only-child Grace found out she was unable to have children of her own. Before Brian—her childhood best friend, business partner, and finally her husband—dropped a "bombshell" on her in the form of her stunning new replacement. Which means Grace now has...nothing. Until she receives a letter from a woman claiming to be a relative Grace never knew she had, sending her on a journey from the childhood home she had to move back into, to a Florida island to meet a total stranger who embraces her as family. There, Grace starts to uncover answers about the eccentric woman her family never mentioned: a larger-than-life octogenarian who is the keeper of a secret held for more than fifty years, and the ultimate inspiration to always be true to yourself. As Grace gets to know this woman and picks up the pieces of her own shattered life, she is forced to question whether she can find forgiveness for the unforgivable. "Secrets, rejection, and betrayal are no match for the powers of forgiveness in this charming novel."— Kirkus Reviews "A Little Bit of Grace reads just like the setting it so wonderfully invokes — sunny, warm, and bright, with healthy doses of adventure and wisdom thrown in for good measure. Phoebe Fox conjures delightful characters in intricate, unusual relationships who populate a story that feels like sifting sand between your toes and is the perfect book to read while doing so.” — Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of Goodbye for Now and This Is How It Always Is “ A Little Bit of Grace is a deeply poignant emotional journey punctuated with humor, warmth and an irresistible irreverence. A rare, feel-good novel that you'll urgently want to press into the hands of friends and family.  I adored it."—Karin Gillespie, author of Love Literary Style "There are contemporary and controversial issues involved in this story, but there is also the warmth of friendship, forgiveness, acceptance of family, hope and the promise of love. I absolutely loved the story. Grace and colorful Aunt Millie are characters that will steal your heart away. Highly recommended."—Bette Lee Crosby, author of A Million Little Lies Phoebe Fox is the author of the Breakup Doctor series (T he Breakup Doctor, Bedside Manners, Heart Conditions, Out of Practice ), and has been a contributor and regular columnist for a number of national, regional, and local publications, including the Huffington Post, Elite Daily, and She Knows . A former actor on stage and screen, Phoebe has been dangled from wires as a mall fairy; was accidentally concussed by a blank gun; and hosted a short-lived game show. She has been a relationship columnist; a movie, theater, and book reviewer; and a radio personality, and currently lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and two excellent dogs. One My mother used to say that when she read me bedtime stories, my favorite time of the evening because I finally had her all to myself, I would stop her midway through and tell her what was going to happen to the characters whose lives she was spinning for me. The stories I guessed correctly I had her read to me over and over. The few that I couldn't I put in the back of the bookshelf, never to come off it again. Of course, the biggest ending I never saw coming came just over a year ago, the day my husband and business partner-and the love of my life for as long as I could remember-sat me down and told me that although he loved me and always would, he kept thinking there must be something more, for both of us. I deserved better, Brian told me, tears I'd never seen before streaming down his face. I deserved someone who was crazy about me. Making it heart-twistingly clear, as if he already hadn't, that he wasn't. So I moved back into my childhood home three doors down from ours to take care of my mother in the final days of her illness, my life coming full circle as Brian and I wound up right back where we'd started-best friends and neighbors, now sharing a family law practice. I've always been good at endings. Maybe it was in my blood. My great-grandparents had partnered with Brian's decades ago in founding our estate planning law firm, and for generations my family had concerned itself with the end of things-the only certain, predictable part of life. The one you couldn't prevent, but you could plan for. There was something comforting in helping people do that. Death-the ultimate ending-was a constant presence in our family's life, as much a daily part of our household as my mother and I were. Maybe more, after my dad was gone. Which might have been why I wasn't frightened or horrified or even particu