Last year, I narratedThe Space Between Before and AfterbySue Stauffacherfor Live Oak Media. This beautiful book about grief, mental illness, and family, features young Thomas Moran, whose mother has recently disappeared, Thomas’s two closest friends, his complicated father, and his compassionate, elderly neighbor, Mrs. Sharp. Drawing from her own experience as a child in Nazi-occupied Hungary, Mrs. Sharp helps Thomas find a way to grieve and move forward.

I was so moved by the story — its...