We are delighted to welcome Pat MacEnulty to launch her new book, Wait Until Tomorrow: A Daughter’s Memoir, published by The Feminist Press and due for UK release in June 2011.
Pat will give readings from her book and there will be time for questions, book signings and discussion. With her grandmother a painter, her mother a musician, Pat herself a writer, and her daughter in theatre there will also be discussion of the role of the arts in the women in Pat’s family.
Tuesday 31 May 2011, 6pm to 7.30pm
This event is free of charge, however booking is essential. Complete the quick booking form at the foot of the page using your GWL number, if you do not have a GWL number you can join the library and book on to this event here.
Like all mothers, mine had a set of maxims that she thought were important to impart to me: if you can’t say anything nice, then don’t say anything at all (unless it’s irresistibly funny); it’s as easy to fall in love with a rich man as it is with a poor man (a nice idea in theory); if you want to commit suicide, wait until tomorrow (advice which has, it turns out, saved my life).
Like many daughters of elderly parents, Pat MacEnulty finds herself in a maze of health care negotiations and discoveries when her mother can no longer care for herself. Pat’s mother, who stood by her through her darkest years as a drug addict, was a small-town icon as a composer, pianist, organist, and musical director. She is suddenly unable to be the accomplished, independent person she once was. Now Pat has two goals: to help her mother’s masterpiece, “An American Requiem,” find a new life and a new audience in her mother’s lifetime; and to raise her teenage daughter, who is at the age Pat was when drugs and addiction changed her life forever. Along the way, Pat rediscovers her own strength, humor, and rebelliousness at the most unlikely moments.
“An inspiring story of love, loss and the ravages of aging.”
– Kirkus Reviews
“Pat MacEnulty provides an honest, searing look at how her mother—a distinguished musician bursting with energy and wit—enters the last frontier of her life, still demanding the spotlight though its glow now comes from her talented, overworked daughter. There is urgency here: desires that can never be satisfied, illnesses that must be survived, love that pulls at the boundaries of hope and despair and yet stubbornly persists. Beautifully written, this is a poignant, necessary book!”
– Patricia Foster, author of All the Lost Girls
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