ROBERT LELEUX - The Living End (w/ Special Guest SARAH BIRD!)
01/17/2012 7:00 pm
 | Acclaimed Memoirist & Texas Native Beloved and bestselling Austin novelist |
We fell in love with Robert Leleux's first book, The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy, and are thrilled to be able to welcome this East Texas native back to BookPeople once again to share his latest warm and witty memoir, this time about his grandmother, The Living End. Robert Leleux’s grandmother JoAnn was a steel magnolia, an elegant and devastatingly witty woman: quick-tongued, generous in her affections, but sometimes oddly indifferent to the emotions of those who most needed her. When JoAnn began exhibiting signs of Alzheimer’s, she’d been estranged from her daughter, Robert’s mother Jessica, for decades. As her disease progressed, JoAnn lost most of her memories, but she also forgot her old wounds and anger. She became a happy, gentler person who was finally able to reach out to her daughter in what became a strangely life-affirming experience, an unexpected blessing that gave a divided family a second chance. Read Sophia's review on our blog. Robert Leleux teaches creative writing in the New York city schools. His nonfiction pieces have appeared inThe New York Times Magazine, Texas Observer, and elsewhere. He lives with his husband, Michael Leleux, in Manhattan. In order to have anything signed at a BookPeople event, a copy of the event book must be purchased from BookPeople. If you purchase your book from BookPeople in advance of the event, please save your receipt and present it at the event. Thank you for supporting Robert Leleux, and your local independent bookstore!
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Location:
- Street:
- 603 N Lamar Blvd
- City:
- Austin ,
- Province:
- Texas
- Postal Code:
- 78703-5413
- Country:
- United States
