So God Made a Grandma, Leslie Means
So God Made a Grandma, Leslie Means
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So God Made a Grandma
Caring, Faithful, Creative, Devoted, Wise, Generous, Resilient--Just like You

Author: Leslie Means

Narrator: Leslie Means

Unabridged: 7 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/04/2025


Synopsis

He needed someone with a heart big enough to hold a million moments of joy and sorrow through the years…so God made a grandma. Join Leslie Means, founder of the popular website Her View from Home, in this heartfelt follow-up to the national bestseller So God Made a Mother. Some relationships are beautiful and full of love, support, and warmth. Some are complicated, yet still honored and transformative. All these stories, told from the perspectives of daughters, friends, grandchildren, and grandmothers themselves―will stir the hearts of anyone who’s had a grandma, who is a grandma, or who knows a grandma. You don’t need to be a grandmother to be captivated by the stories on these pages or moved by their depth. This diverse collection of essays celebrates the women who shape us, the women we are, and the women we pray we’ll become. So God Made a Grandma is for the love-givers, the tradition-keepers, the memory-makers, and the timeless love we call our own. So God Made a Grandma: True stories from women of all ages and stages celebrating grandmas and their enduring legacy of faith, love, and family. Makes a perfect gift for any woman in your life—including yourself.  

About The Author

Leslie Means is founder and owner of the popular website Her View From Home, which features heartfelt contributor stories on motherhood, marriage, faith and grief. She is a former news anchor and a weekly columnist, and she has published several short stories. She is married to a very patient man named Kyle, and together they have three kids: Ella, Grace and Keithan. When she's not sharing too much personal information online or in the newspaper, you'll find her somewhere in Nebraska spending time with family and friends.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel on February 28, 2025

A beautiful collection of stories, well-written and thought provoking.......more

Goodreads review by Angel on February 19, 2025

I preordered this book and received an audio version as well. This book is just beautiful. It’s essays from several women telling beautiful , candid real life stories of life and love from the women in their lives they called grandma. Whether you’re a mom, grandma, nanny, Grammy, Oma, Mimi, Gaga - g......more

Goodreads review by Amy on March 11, 2025

What a treasure of heartfelt stories about grandmas! I love the perspective of so many contributors all being tied together with the author’s own words throughout. There were moments of laughter, moments of tears, and so many emotions in between. The hardcover book is absolutely beautiful, but I als......more

Goodreads review by Michele on April 09, 2025

So God Made a Grandma is a collection of essays written from the memories of grateful daughters and granddaughters and from the experiences of older women in the trenches of the grandmothering life. As a member of this wholehearted band of love-givers, tradition-keepers, heart-holders, and memory-ma......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on February 26, 2025

If I could use one word to describe this incredible collection of grandmother stories (one of which I'm very honored to say is my own), it would be affirming. This book affirms that grandmas leave an eternal imprint on the hearts of their grandchildren in the way of affection, adoration, appetites,......more