Interracial couples have many challenges to endure. In reality, some people still harbor negativity or judgment about interracial couples. The setting for this book takes place in the Deep South in the 1940s. Not only were interracial marriages disproved of; they were illegal. The story Grandma's Diary centers around a granddaughter's insistent desire to help relieve her grandmother of her pain and suffering and give her a final chance to now rest in peace.