she is elizabeth acevedo. her book is "family lore." it is available now. you can start reading. here, on "gma." she is sitting down with our friend, stephanie ramos. can't wait for that. thank you for being here. >> whit: thank you so much. "gma" celebrating 50 years of hip-hop. we will be right back. the chase ink business premier card is made for people like sam, who make- everyday products, designed smarter. like a smart coffee grinder, that orders fresh beans for you. oh, genius! for more breakthroughs like that- i need a breakthrough card. like ours! with 2.5% cash back on purchases of $5,000 or more. plus unlimited 2% cash back on all other purchases. and with greater spending potential, sam can keep making smart ideas- a brilliant reality! the ink business premier card from chase for business. make more of what's yours. martial arts is my passion. i work out whenever i can. but with my moderate- to-severe eczema, it can be tough. my skin was so uncomfortable. the itching was so bad. now, i'm staying ahead of my eczema. there's a power inside all of us to live our passion.

now to our gma book club pick, family lore by elizabeth acevedo. talk about her first ever novel written for adults. good morning again stephanie. >> good morning, linsey. such a wonderful conversation with elizabeth. she's written so many other books but this is her first adult novel "family lore." elizabeth introduces us to the family of strong women. one of them throws herself a living wake. how do the stories of our ancestors shape our future? that's one of the themes best selling author elizabeth acevedo explores in her debut adult novel family lore. >> family lore is a book about a woman who decides to throw herself a living wake. in doing so, kind oven triggers every other woman in her family to consider how they love and how they've been loved. it is a book about the way we learn to love each other. >> i sat down with elizabeth a piece of santo domingo in new york to talk about the magical women of the family as they prepare for the living wake for one of the elder sisters. >> they are all in their 70s. they're feisty. they're dancers. and t

it is "family lore" "new york times" best-selling author elizabeth seb new acevedo.e three days before -- follow each of the women in a family on the hardships of the heartbreaks and that have brought each of them to this point in their life as they give a loving sister her flowers. >> "family lore" is available. check to see if there is a copy in your nearest little free library. we have one here and i will have a conversation with elizabeth later this month. guys, my mom was visiting from miami and i caught her reading this book and i dining room. the lady naps when she can. so she was into it. >> robin: good to know, thank you, stephanie. >>> >> we are back >> george: we are back with richard e. grant for a oscar nominee and can you forgive me general pride skywalker. he is bitten a beautiful memoir about the loss of his wife with a "pocketful of happiness" and joining us now. mr. grant, thank you so much for being here with us. and where did the idea for this book come from? >> i posted a video taken from the beach on new year's day saying i felt like my compass