BookPeople Presents: Lori Tucker-Sullivan - I Can't Remember if I Cried
BookPeople welcomes Lori Tucker-Sullivan to celebrate the release of I Can't Remember if I Cried: Rock Widows on Life, Love, and Legacy.
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BookPeople
603 North Lamar Boulevard Austin, TX 78703About this event
- 2 hours
Please welcome Lori Tucker-Sullivan to celebrate I Can't Remember if I Cried: Rock Widows on Life, Love, and Legacy!
This event is free and open to the public.
- Start time: 7:00 P.M.
- Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a signing line.
- Location: The second floor of BookPeople.
The author will be signing and personalizing copies of the book after the speaking portion of the event.
- To get a book signed, a copy of the event book or an item of equal value must be purchased from BookPeople.
Guidelines:
- Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
- There will not be a live stream or recording available.
- BookPeople reserves the right to cancel or postpone this event if necessary.
- If you have any other questions, please visit our Eventbrite FAQ. If your question isn't covered in the FAQ, feel free to email us at online@bookpeople.com.
About the book:
Tucker-Sullivan provides 14 spellbinding and inspiring portraits drawn from meticulous research and extensive personal conversations with the widows of musicians who died after an illness or an accident. These women—spouses and partners of Dee Dee Ramone, George Jones, Jim Croce, Warren Zevon, Keith Moon, Marc Bolan, Gram Parsons, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Scott Weiland, Levon Helm, and Harry Chapin, among others—discuss their grief, stress, and oppressive legal and financial complications. Tucker-Sullivan’s loss of her own husband after a marriage steeped in a mutual love of music created a bond with her subjects and opened a path to deeper sharing. Expertly weaving together anecdotal and biographical details, candid interview material, and perceptive commentary, the book captures the essence of each woman’s journey through hardships, joys, the toll of being in the spotlight, and emotions ranging from despair and anger to gratitude and love. Carefully exploring how these women turned their grief into positive action, including creating memorial legacies and helping others, Tucker-Sullivan illuminates their courageous movement forward with their own lives.
About the author:
Lori Tucker-Sullivan is a writer and educator living in Detroit. For years she wished to be a music journalist, but instead married her college sweetheart, renovated an abandoned farmhouse in rural Michigan, and began a family. After the death of her husband Kevin in 2010, Lori looked for a way to return to music writing. Hearing a radio story about Yoko Ono made her realize she felt very differently about her now that she was also a widow. Lori went in search of other widows of rock stars and musicians and found many with amazing stories to tell. I Can't Remember if I Cried is the result of fourteen of those interviews, in which she learns about the men she had once hoped to write about, but through the women that loved them. The book also looks at each widow's grief experience and what the author learns from each interaction. She has published essays in various journals and anthologies. This is her first book. She holds a BA from U-Michigan and an MFA in Nonfiction from Spalding University.
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Thank you for supporting Lori Tucker-Sullivan and your local independent bookstore!
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