Tracy Mayo -- "Childless Mother," with Kate Moses
Category: Literary
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Wednesday, Apr 3, 2024 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location
Boulder Book Store
1107 Pearl St
Details
Tracy Mayo will speak about and sign her new book, "Childless Mother: A Search for Son and Self," on Wednesday, April 3rd at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore. She will be in conversation with Kate Moses for this special event. Tickets for this event are $5 (plus a small processing fee) and are available on Eventbrite.
About the Book:
1970, pre-Choice America. After their eighth move in her thirteen short years, the lonely only child of a high-ranking naval officer and a socially ambitious mother, Tracy Mayo longed for a normal adolescence - to have friends, to feel rooted. What she got was a pregnancy at fourteen and exile to a maternity home. There, she bore not only a child but also the weight of the culture's shame. She was required to surrender her baby boy at birth and pretend it never happened.
Twenty-two years later, her longing undiminished, Tracy set out to find him - and perhaps, through her search, to reclaim her self. Are we moving back to a world where women have no agency, stripped of control of their bodies and their futures? More than fifty years after one frightened, grief-stricken young mother was ordered to forget, Tracy's story is even more important to remember.
IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION
*Tickets are $5 (plus a small processing fee).
*A coupon good for $5 off a copy of "Childless Mother," or a purchase on the day of the event is included with your ticket. You will receive this coupon at the event.
