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Virtual Book Launch: The Woman in the Moonlight by Patricia Morrisroe
Virtual Book Launch: The Woman in the Moonlight by Patricia Morrisroe in conversation with Annie Bergen, host of WQXR’s “Middays with Annie Bergen”
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
POWERHOUSE @ the Archway
28 Adams Street (Corner of Adams & Water Street @ the Archway)
Brooklyn , NY 11201
This event is virtual! Registration link here!
PLEASE NOTE: Submitting an RSVP for this event DOES NOT guarantee entrance. This is a free-access event — entrance will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Merritt Bookstore on April 28 at 11 a.m.
Merritt Bookstore on April 28 at 11 a.m.
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Author recalls life, fashion and shoes while growing up in the Merrimack Valley
Shoes make a fitting vehicle for Andover native Patricia Morrisroe’s memoir “9 1/2 Narrow: My Life in Shoes” as it roves 60 years of fashion and family, popular culture and relationships.
It follows her from baby boots to the New Balance sneakers she bought her mother, Eileen, in her old age; from her first shoe crush, Mary Janes, to the high-end Blahniks craved in more recent years. Read More...
The Author’s Corner® on Public Radio show
The Author’s Corner: Enjoy best-selling authors and emerging stars in this fresh nationwide series available free to air on 500 “NPR” stations nationwide, from Maine to Guam.
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Listen to Patricia on The Seams Podcast on NPR
Click here to listen via iTunes.
Stories of moms and men: Humorist David Sedaris discusses culottes, Jacki and her mom go consignment-store shopping, and we talk thrift-shop T-shirts with one of our producers. Plus, writer Patricia Morrisroe recalls her mom’s glamour days. Read More...
Radio Interview Friday, May 1
Listen to Patricia Morrisroe on The Leonard Lopate Show
WNYC / 93.9 FM
R. J. Julia Booksellers on April 28 at 7pm
R. J. Julia Booksellers
768 Boston Post Rd., Madison, CT
Tuesday, April 28th at 7pm
Tickets: Free, but reservations suggested. 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.
A funny, poignant coming-of-age memoir told through the shoes that she wore.
From baby booties to orthopedic brogues (and all the high and low heels in between) shoes mark important rites of passage, reminding us of both the good and bad times: the road not taken, the prince that got away, the missed opportunities, the traveling, the fun. Read More...