What happens when childhood tragedy shapes an entire life?
In this moving conversation, Jeff Gould (“America’s Storyteller”) interviews author Mary Grace Johnson about her new faith-based children’s book, And the Sun Came Up: A True Story of Grief and Hope.
Get Mary’s book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0cmInoOq
Mary shares the heartbreaking story of losing her father in a farming accident at just eight years old, and how grief, faith, family, and community shaped her life afterward. She also discusses anxiety, healing, motherhood, and the emotional journey of turning personal tragedy into a story that can help children and families facing loss today.
Mary Grace Johnson is a published author with hope*books and a former English teacher and librarian. She writes inspirational stories and blogs that encourage people through difficult seasons while pointing them toward the love and hope found in Jesus Christ.
Before writing And the Sun Came Up and its companion journal, she contributed to Hope for the Holidays and A Year of Hope Devotional. She has also written for Jennifer Roland and Twyla Franz blogs and contributed to a writing book by Mackenzie Ryan Walters.
The book is written for ages 4+ and is available in hardcover and paperback through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Books-a-Million, HopeBooks Publishing, and Bookshop.org.
Mary lives in South Dakota with her husband and enjoys reading, writing, and time with her children and grandchildren.
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