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Groove — Trade Information

A memoir of depression, generational trauma, and the sheer stubbornness of survival — and everything booksellers need to stock it.

Cover of Groove, a memoir by Adrienne Ford

"I booked a one-way trip to Tahiti I never meant to come back from. Groove is the story of why I came back."

From the outside, her life looked successful — a senior engineer at a major tech company, a loving family, a home far from where she started. Inside, she was being consumed by a depression no one around her could see.

Groove is part confession, part atonement, part love letter to the sheer stubbornness of survival. A raw and fiercely honest account of moving through the world — the wounds we inherit, the ruts we get stuck in, and the groove we learn to move in. Unflinching, funny at the very edge of grief, and ultimately a survivor's account that leaves readers lighter than it found them.

"The pictures were real. I just wasn't in any of them anymore."

For readers of Kiese Laymon's Heavy and Glennon Doyle's Untamed.
The essentials

For ordering

Title
Groove: A Memoir
Author
Adrienne Ford
Publisher
MV Press
Pub date
October 2026
Category
Memoir · Mental Health
ISBN · PB
978-0-9995751-3-0  ·  $16.99
ISBN · HC
978-0-9995751-2-3  ·  $27.99
ISBN · eBook
978-0-9995751-4-7  ·  $9.99
Specs
108 pp · 6 × 8 in · B&W illustrations
Distribution
Ingram
Order through Ingram iPage ↗ 55% trade discount

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Handselling

Why it sells

01

Depression hiding in plain sight

Flips the stereotype — a high-achiever no one knew was struggling. The kind of recognition readers hand to a friend.

02

A voice readers rarely get

A debut memoir from a Black woman in STEM — intimate, culturally rooted, and sharp.

03

Hard truth, real hope

Honest about suicide and inherited pain, but it's a book about staying — and the way back.

04

Short, literary & giftable

108 pages with original etching-style illustrations — a book made to be held and passed along.

Inside the book

Interior artwork

Groove is illustrated throughout with original full-page artwork — one image for each chapter, and the place that shaped the journey.

Original illustrations by Hendrik Gericke · High-resolution art available on request.

Author Adrienne Ford
The author

Adrienne Ford

Debut memoirist · Austin, TX

A senior engineer at Google, Adrienne writes and speaks about depression, generational trauma, and hope.

Available for in-store eventsReadings, signings & book-club visits. Companion discussion guide available.

Get in touch: info@findingmygroove.com  ·  findingmygroove.com  ·  IG @readgroove