When her outlandish mother asks Grace Johnson to join a road trip, Grace reluctantly agrees to grant her mom's 70th birthday wish. Driving from El Paso to Memphis and being stuck in a car with Elvis music, sequins, falsies, and difficult childhood memories, will Grace and her mom repair their fragile connection and heal the hurts of the past?

GRACELAND is a funny yet tender debut novel about complicated mother-daughter relationships. I loved how different Grace and her mom's personalities are; their banters are a great segue to breaking up the heavier moments of family trauma. I also appreciate that Grace's Elvis-obsessed mom isn't a typical Asian tiger mom who only cares about making money & babies