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Book Brunch: Molly Jong-Fast with Diana Weymar

Political writer and podcaster Molly Jong-Fast discusses her just released memoir "How to Lose Your Mother" with Diana Weymar. Doors open at 10:30 am. Registration requested.

Registration requested, but not required. Those who register will be admitted first when doors open at 10:30 a.m. Remaining seats will be filled at 10:55 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis.

Coffee and pastries will be served.

Labyrinth Books will be on-site for book sales; both Molly and Diana will sign books after the event.

About the book (from the publisher): 

Molly Jong-Fast is the only child of a famous woman, writer Erica Jong, whose sensational book "Fear of Flying" launched her into second-wave feminist stardom. She grew up yearning for a connection with her dreamy, glamorous, just out of reach mother, who always seemed to be heading somewhere that wasn’t with Molly. When, in 2023, Erica was diagnosed with dementia just as Molly’s husband discovered he had a rare cancer, Jong-Fast was catapulted into a transformative year.

"How to Lose Your Mother" is a compulsively readable memoir about an intense mother–daughter relationship, a sometimes chaotic upbringing with a fame-hungry parent, and the upheavals that challenge our hard-won adulthood. A pitch-perfect balance of acceptance and rage, humor and heart, "How to Lose Your Mother" tells a universal story of loss alongside a singular story of a literary life. 

About the Author: Molly Jong-Fast is a contributing writer at Vanity Fair, a political analyst at MSNBC News, and host of the podcast “Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast.” She is the author of three previous books. She lives in Manhattan.
 

About the Moderator: Diana Weymar grew up in the wilderness of British Columbia, studied creative writing at Princeton University, and worked in film in New York City. For the past decade, she has been threading the needle to create a material record of our times. She is the creator and curator of the public art projects Interwoven Stories and Tiny Pricks Project.

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