“Marshall’s matter-of-fact memoir is a must-read for one reason-it’s hilarious”
– Marie Claire
“Bold and irrepressibly sassy.” – Kirkus Reviews
Saturday, September 22 at 4PM Join Penny Marshall during Doors Open Milwaukee for a special appearance to sign copies of My Mother was Nuts, her recently released memoir. Penny is best known for her role of Laverne DeFazio on Laverne and Shirley-this show that brought Milwaukee City Hall pop-culture fame was one of the most successful sitcoms of all time.
Boswell Book Company will be selling copies of My Mother was Nuts during the signing. Please visit Boswell at 2559 North Downer Avenue in Milwaukee or call 414-332-1181 to find out when it will be available from the store.
My Mother was Nuts (on sale September 18, 2012 from Amazon Publishing/New Harvest) is a funny and intimate memoir by actor, producer, and director Penny Marshall. Penny takes us from her childhood tap-dancing in the Bronx to her breakout role in The Odd Couple to Hollywood’s star-studded movie sets, offering up hilarious detours along the way. Readers will quickly realize that her trailblazing career was a happy accident.
She talks frankly about the creative and tumultuous world of television, including working with her brother Garry Marshall and her exploits with co-star, Cindy Williams.She takes readers on her journey as she becomes the first female director in the history of film to break 100 million dollars at the box office with Big and A League of Their Own. And, she gives us a peek into her work life with Tom Hanks, Mark Wahlberg, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert De Niro and Whitney Houston.
Her memories of friendships with Lorne Michaels and John Belushi and travels across Europe with Art Garfunkel on the back of a motorcyclegive readers a backstage pass to her personal life. We see Penny get pregnant, married. And divorced. And married again (the second time to Rob Reiner). We meet a young Carrie Fisher, whose close friendship with Penny has spanned decades. After 35 years, they still spend each birthday together at a party that has become an annual tradition for the Hollywood elite.
Throughout it all, from her childhood spent with her dance-teaching mother, to her rise as one of the most successful television actors and female directors of all times, Penny lived by simple rules: “try hard, help your friends, don’t get too crazy, and have fun.” With humor and heart, My Mother Was Nuts reveals there’s no one else quite like Penny Marshall.
About the Author:
PENNY MARSHALL is an actress, producer, and director. After playing Laverne DeFazio in the sitcom Laverne and Shirley-and receiving three Golden Globe nominations-she went on to direct films such as Big, Awakenings, and A League of Their Own as well as serving as produceron Cinderella Man.
MY MOTHER WAS NUTS
A memoir by Penny Marshall
On Sale: September 18, 2012* Amazon Publishing/New Harvest* 352 pages
Hardcover price: $26.00 – ISBN: 978-0-547-89262-7
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