CANCELLED - MJCCA Book Fest Presents Molly Jong-Fast in conversation with Mara Davis – How to Lose Your Mother
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
From the political writer and podcaster, a ferociously honest and disarmingly funny memoir about her elusive mother’s encroaching dementia and a reckoning with her complicated childhood.
The 34th Edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA welcomes Molly Jong-Fast to discuss her acclaimed memoir, “How to Lose Your Mother.” Jong-Fast will appear in conversation with local media personality Mara Davis.
Books will be available for purchase from A Cappella Books at the venue.
About the Book
Molly Jong-Fast is the only child of a famous woman, writer Erica Jong, whose sensational book “Fear of Flying” launched her into second-wave feminist stardom. She grew up yearning for a connection with her dreamy, glamorous, just out of reach mother, who always seemed to be heading somewhere that wasn’t with Molly. When, in 2023, Erica was diagnosed with dementia just as Molly’s husband discovered he had a rare cancer, Jong-Fast was catapulted into a transformative year.
“How to Lose Your Mother” is a compulsively readable memoir about an intense mother–daughter relationship, a sometimes chaotic upbringing with a fame-hungry parent, and the upheavals that challenge our hard-won adulthood. A pitch-perfect balance of acceptance and rage, humor and heart, “How to Lose Your Mother” tells a universal story of loss alongside a singular story of a literary life. This is a memoir that will stand alongside the classics of the genre.
About the Author
Molly Jong-Fast is a contributing writer at Vanity Fair, a political analyst at MSNBC News, and host of the podcast “Fast Politics” with Molly Jong-Fast. She is the author of three previous books. She lives in Manhattan.
