HPL presents An Evening with Barbara Graham
May 3 2010 6:00 pm
May 3 2010 7:30 pm
Join the Houston Public Library for a visit from author Barbara Graham, who will discuss and sign copies of her book Eye of My Heart.
In Eye of My Heart, twenty-seven smart, gutsy writers explode myths and stereotypes and tell the whole crazy, complicated truth about being a grandmother in today's world. Among the contributors:
Anne Roiphe learns—the hard way—to keep her mouth shut and her opinions to herself.
Elizabeth Berg marvels at witnessing her child give birth to her child.
Beverly Donofrio makes amends for her shortcomings as a teenage mother.
Judith Viorst exposes the high-stakes competition for Most Fabulous Grandchild.
Jill Nelson grapples with mother-daughter tensions triggered by the birth of her grandson.
Judith Guest confesses her failed attempt to emulate her own saintly grandmother.
Bharati Mukherjee transcends her strict Hindu upbringing to embrace her adopted Chinese grand-daughters.
Lynn Lauber finds joy in grandmotherhood that she missed out on as a mother.
Sallie Tisdale pays a high price—financially and emotionally—for her fast-growing brood of grandkids.
Ellen Gilchrist reveals how grandparenthood has eased her fear of death.
Molly Giles is spurned by her toddler granddaughter during a trip to Paris.
Susan Shreve finally accepts that she's the grandmother, not the mother.
Roxana Robinson realizes, with relief, that she doesn't have to worry so much anymore.
Abigail Thomas plots her escape when she can't bear to bake one more cake.
Letty Cottin Pogrebin longs to leave a lasting impression on her grandchildren.
Mary Pipher explores the primal role of grandmothers in a fast-changing world.
In this groundbreaking collection, you will encounter the real stories that usually go untold. Free of platitudes and clichés, the essays in Eye of My Heart are linked by a common thread: a love for grandchildren that knows no bounds, despite inescapable obstacles and limitations.
The author writes:
Until my granddaughter, Isabelle Eva, was born in 2006, I had no clue just how complicated—and full of wonder—the role of grandmother could be. But when I turned to the place I always turn to for wisdom—books—I couldn’t find anything literary that addressed my alternately joyful, perplexing, painful, amusing—but always profound—new status. And so"Eye of My Heart: 27 Writers Reveal the Hidden Pleasures and Perils of Being a Grandmother" was born.
I have been working as an essayist and journalist for 25 years. Some of the magazines in which my articles have appeared are: O, The Oprah Magazine (where I’ve been a contributing writer), Time, More, National Geographic Traveler, Food & Wine, Glamour, People, Redbook, Self, Tricycle, Utne Reader, and Vogue. I’ve been very lucky to have met editors who share many of my preoccupations—children (and now grandchildren), death, insomnia, food, impossible mothers—and they invite me to write about these subjects.
Learn more about this event on HPL's website.
Location:
- Street:
- Central Library
- Additional:
- 500 McKinney
- City:
- Houston ,
- Province:
- Texas
- Postal Code:
- 77002
- Country:
- United States
