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The books

One memoir that started at 3am on my phone's notes app. One more on the way. Both written for the woman who needs to know she isn't alone, and she isn't finished.

The Bestselling Memoir

What if grief wasn't the end of your story?

It isn't — and Amanda will show you the way in her bestselling memoir Love, Grit & Grace: a true story about growing through life's messy grief.

A story of losing everything and finding the way back. Not a recovery guide, not five steps to closure — an honest account of the year the plan fell apart and the years spent learning to live anyway.

Available in hardcover, ebook and audiobook, read by Amanda.

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Love, Grit & Grace by Amanda Elizabeth Martin — book cover
Love, Grit & Grace — cover

Love · Grit · Grace

Amanda Elizabeth seated against a weathered wooden wall, looking upward
Amanda outdoors — looking up

Who It's For

If any of these feel like you, this book is for you.

  • The woman three weeks in, still numb
  • The woman three years in, still asked why she isn’t “better”
  • Anyone who’s survived a messy relationship
  • The friend who wants to help and keeps saying the wrong thing
  • Anyone rebuilding a life they did not choose

From the Prelude

An excerpt

“Before I begin, I feel like it is only right to share with you my heart behind this book. I share my story so it may be a beacon of hope and inspiration to someone who has faced similar situations.”

“I know the journey of messy grief and all of the feelings that come along with it. I want to offer you a safe space to feel what you're feeling and know that you can come out stronger from the pain.”

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Praise

What readers say

“Amanda helped me realize that grief wasn’t the end of my story.”

— A coaching client, widowed 2023

“She never once tried to fix me. She just refused to leave.”

— A coaching client, widowed 2022

“I read this book in one night and slept for the first time in months.”

— Reader letter, Love, Grit & Grace

Coming Soon — Messy Grief

A new chapter is coming.

Messy Grief: A Young Widow's Book of Wisdom by Amanda Elizabeth Martin — book cover
Messy Grief — cover

Messy Grief: A Young Widow's Book of Wisdom goes deeper into what comes after survival — the slow, brave work of building a life you actually want.

Your storyis not over.

If the book put words to something, you don't have to stop there. Amanda works one-to-one with a small number of women each season.