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 filling a void and building resilience. In the pandemic''s wake, our torn society faces immense loss and grief. Memoirs of a Mask Maker invites readers to a new conversation about how we gather our tears and mend the tears.

Kathryn Graven is a writer, mixed media artist and sewer. A former Tokyo Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, she now lives in Boston, USA. Memoirs of a Mask Maker is her first book. For more information and family pho