Mary and her Métis Grandmother is a work of auto-fiction/biography and memoir – historical literary fiction, with two sets of memoirs: one from the early 1900s (Grandma), and the other from the 1980s-2021 (teenager, Mary). The author has embellished and rewritten her grandmother’s factually correct memoirs, and placed them into additional historical and current events in a manuscript that is character-driven with honest emotions. The work tells the story of Mary, the fifteen-year-old Métis, who deals with survivor’s guilt, racism, and finding a place where she feels she belongs. Mary lived with her plucky Grandma Pearl, who told sad and happy childhood stories – shared stories that are filled with Indigenous wisdom. While some stories are harshly realistic, they are also uplifting because instead of succumbing to self-pity the characters rise above difficult situations with courage and help from others. Mary gets a first-hand education as her grandma takes her on “sandwich runs” to Vancouver’s downtown eastside where she hands out food to the people on the street. Mary and her Métis Grandmother is about a Métis teenager’s journey in overcoming personal grief, witnessing the pain of others, and experiencing the healing power of a grandmother’s love.