Join us for an inspirational event around this stirring family saga of a mother fighting against midcentury conformity and oppression as Roberta Payne shares her newest book, My Mother’s Autobiography.
Roberta will be presenting her new book, sharing about her writing journey, answering audience questions, and signing her books.
Registration includes a signed copy of the book and an opportunity to meet the author.
If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 7 days after the event date. If the book is not picked up by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store.
About The Book
Anne Hope, daughter of German immigrants and wife to an ambitious but abrasive husband, only wants what is best for her two daughters. In a world of mid-century conformity and female oppression, this path is fraught with pitfalls, and actions often bring unintended consequences. Anne finds refuge in a summer home within the Colorado woods, but a mental-health crisis soon emerges, one that will rewrite her sense of self and her family’s future.
In this stirring family saga, My Mother’s Autobiography takes readers on a journey from the highs of the sweeping Colorado mountains to the lows of cold sanitariums: all written with heart-wrenching empathy from the pen of one of Anne’s daughters.
About The Author
Roberta Payne is a memoirist, translator, and a teacher of Latin, Greek, and Italian. She served on the board of the Mental Health Center of Denver for thirteen years, and has been a speaker and schizophrenia advocate at the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine for twenty.
