In her memoir Lies My Mother Never Told Me, Kaylie Jones, acclaimed author and the daughter of James Jones, who wrote From Here to Eternity, tells the story of her relationship with her famous, hard-drinking father and her alcoholic mother.
Event: Kaylie Jones will be reading and signing books
Tuesday, September 22, at 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble, Upper East Side
150 East 86th Street
Guests:
Kaylie Jones,
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Comments [2]
Illuminating with questions that spring up about how or when, and the effect of food, alcohol and other fancy mind relaxing/altering items on earth. A friend of mine and self got ourselves a bottle of whisky and settled down to see the spectacle unfolding before us on 9/11. it took a while to forget the aroma wafting over the east river and joined others in the bar for a different kind of experience. My parents have no addiction and I used to wonder whether I would get it into my bones!
But, friends and relatives who understand/understood were a great help in cutting down on a social habit gone awry.
I found the best way to cut down is to set up a drink and to indulge in the hobby/profession that you are truly interested in. I usually forgot about the drink! soon.
In reading some of the pages in this book I was wondering about the impact of this part of Ms. Jones' life on her own parenting. There are some 'interesting' descriptions of occurences in front of her own daughter.
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