Mother’s Day isn’t till Sunday, but BookPeople is setting aside some time, and some love, for the stepmoms tonight with a double book party feature three Austin authors. The Package Deal: My (Not-So) Glamorous Transition From Single Gal to Instant Mom (Three Rivers Press, $15) is a funny, revealing memoir by transplanted Austinite Izzy Rose, and No One’s the Bitch: A Ten-Step Plan for the Mother and Stepmother Relationship (GPP Life, $16.95) is a plainspoken, helpful, and rather hip how-to book written by Jennifer Newcomb Marine (the mom) and Carol Marine (the stepmom).
Reading and signing takes place tonight (5/8) at 7pm at BookPeople (603 N. Lamar). Actress Laura Lane (The Nanny, Vagina Monologues) will be hosting a post-reading discussion in which moms and stepmoms can share stories. Forget tea and sympathy – cocktails, cupcakes (from Hey Cupcake!), and commiseration are way tastier.
This article appears in May 8 • 2009.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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