A New Yorker cartoonist discusses her hilarious illustrated memoir of parenthood.
The event is free but registration is required. After the discussion, there will be a Q&A period and a book signing and sale with Watchung Booksellers.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Liana Finck is the author of "Let There Be Light," "Passing for Human," " Excuse Me." and a children’s book, "You Broke It!", and is a regular contributor to The New Yorker. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright Fellowship, a Mandel Institute Cultural Leadership Fellowship, and a Wallant Award. She has had artist residencies with the American Academy in Berlin, MacDowell, and Yaddo.
ABOUT THE BOOK
"A wryly personal and deeply relatable graphic memoir skewering the “traditional” parenting book to chronicle the absurdities, frustrations, and soaring joys of new parenthood—from the acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist and author." - Penguin Random House
"It’s a parody of books on how to parent an infant—older books that told you it was going to be beautiful and easy and didn’t mention anything difficult...Parenthood isn’t something that you need to trick people into, and those books felt ripe for making fun of."—Publishers Weekly
ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER
Mon, Jul 22 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Tue, Jul 23 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Wed, Jul 24 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Jul 25 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Fri, Jul 26 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Jul 27 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Jul 28 | 1:00PM to 6:00PM |
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