Grace presided over her husband, five children, and assorted pets with the hyper-observant eye and confidence of a perfectionist. Relocating to Colorado from the northeast, she introduced modern homemaking and timeless etiquette to the less than civilized west. Decades later she suffers a stroke. As eldest daughter, the author becomes caregiver and advocate. Struggling against her mother's compulsion to manage other people's lives, she knows her own role must change. The author exposes relentless self-doubt on her tangled journey to accept her mother-and ultimately herself.

Nina and her Grammy G. love dancing, reading stories, and black cats. When Grammy G. has a stroke, she is away a long time. Now she cannot walk on her own, or even speak. Uneasy at first, Nina's visits teach her that although many things have changed, what means the most never will. Grammy's Eyes is a beautifully illustrated story of the love between grandparent and grandchild that no illness or separation can change.