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"Lies My Mother Never Told Me" Book Reading and Signing
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Venue: Illini Union Bookstore
Address: 809 S. Wright St. , Champaign
Cost: Free
Entry Age: all
posted 11:52 pm Oct 30
modified 11:56 pm Oct 30
The James Jones Literary Society presents Kaylie Jones - "Lies My Mother Never Told Me" book reading and signing.
Kaylie Jones, accomplished author (A Soldiers Daughter Never Cries), daughter of famed literary figure James Jones, has spent most of her life avoiding the twin parental legacies of fame and alcoholism. In this brilliant, touching memoir, Jones faces both head-on. Jones explores her life, from her childhood in France, surrounded by the greatest literary minds of the age, to her troubled adulthood, seeking a way independent of the great minds that sired her. Looming throughout is Jones’s larger-than-life mother charming, caustic and alcoholic. As Jones wrestles with her own alcohol issues, coming out sober and strong, her relationship with her mother (long in denial) continues to deteriorate. Absolutely addictive, this story of struggle and triumph is a joy to read, thanks to Jones’s gift for handling dark material with humor and grace. A rare child of privilege capable of looking on herself and her family objectively, Jones has produced a memoir will be a treasure for fans of literature and literary memoirs, as well as anyone who’s coped with alcoholics in the family.
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