A Signing Success

Today was the big day! Louise Shaffer and Jo Maeder came Coveside. Both ladies were incredibly lovely, warm, and witty. Louise spoke first; she talked about her life, including her acting career, which was cut short just a few months after her win at the Emmys. Louise was advised to take some time off for what the industry calls "knee surgery." Replace the word "knee" with the word "plastic," and you know where that was going! When Louise declined, she was let go from Ryan's Hope.
Looking at her today, seeing how comfortable she is in her own skin, was so inspirational!

Jo also gave a great talk, and did a laugh-out-loud funny reading from her memoir. One particularly memorable line was, "Family-the other F word!" Jo moved the audience by speaking about how she reacquainted herself with "Mama Jo," and how she discovered a whole other side to her "hoarding," "doll-collecting," "hours late" mother!

Jo and Louise were our first May authors. May 9th, Oliva Gentile and Evelyn David will be coming at 1 pm. One a mystery writer and the other a biographer, they promise to be a great pair. We hope to see you!

Many thanks to Jo and Louise for joining us.

We hope to see both of them again!

Also, thank you to the great audience-we hope you will come back for future events.