Appearances for
Swimming on My Wedding Day
Private Book Launch Party -Guilford CT
Let the festivities begin!
February 10, 2008
January 27, 2008
CT Region 4 Author Tea/Wellness Event
at Essex Elementary School
February 17, 2008
Booktalk
First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, CT
February 21, 2008
Yale Divinity School private workshop
April 12, 2008
Booktalk / Signing & Art Show
Wine and Cheese with Laura and Paul
at Riverdog Yoga, 954 Middlesex Tpke
Old Saybrook, CT. 06475 (860) 388-1807
May 12, 2008
Laura will be the guest speaker at the Lincoln Mercury / LPGA Breast Cancer Fundraiser Upper Montclair, N.J.
What a great party!!! Thank you to everyone that attended!! Thank you to everyone that helped out, thank you Christine for the Wrap It Up Gift Bags, Thank you to Bob Parrot for making the beautiful Miracle Jars,and a special thank you to my parents Dick & Elaine Fitzpatrick for hosting such a great bash! What a great start to the coming year!
A really nice turnout and what a beautiful setting for a booktalk. Right after the signing we went to Stony Creek for an opening that Paul was in. It was great! We're bohemians!
My first radio interview! Yikes! Mary Jones was so gracious. Next stop Friday
Mornings with Ray and Diane WTIC 1080
February 12, 2008
Mornings with Ray and Diane WTIC AM1080
Radio Interview
February 15, 2008
The Talk of Connecticut WDRC AM1360
Radio Interview on the Mary Jones Show
February 13, 2008
Another conversation on the radio! Diane and Ray asked about jumping in the pool on my wedding day and what my chapter Spa Secrets really meant...we all respond to illness with some measure of fear for ourselves.
Great! Thank you to all! Paul even got up and spoke at this one. I'm getting spoiled with all these generous turnouts! Everyone has a story to share...
April 25, 2008
My friends and colleagues wore pink, fed me gourmet sheet cake frosted with the cover of my book and wrote a letter to Oprah in my name. I love these people!
The sun shone in on us in Marquand Chapel and warmed our writing hands. I've always wanted to go to Yale Divinity School...
April 14, 2008
Saturday April 12th
Breakwater Books, Author Signing
Author Booktalk and Scholarship Dedication
Teacher College, Columbia University,
525 West 120th St, NY, NY
Gottesmann Library, Room 305,
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Author Talk, Healing Sabbath Service,
8pm The Congregation Mishkan Israel Hamden, CT
May 15, 2008 7-9PM
Boston Book Party (Private)
May 30, 2008 1- 3PM
Booktalk / Booksigning
Jack Satter House
Revere, MA
July 10, 2008 12-1:30
June 8, 2008 (sun.) 9:00am-4:00 pm
Laura will be a speaker at the
Hospital of St. Raphael's
(Looking Forward Program) day long retreat...
The Art of Living Well:
for people
living with major illness.
Mercy Center Madison, CT. 9:00-4:00 pm
June 16, 2008 (mon.) starts at 5:30 pm
The Looking Forward
Fashion Show Fundraiser
Anthony's Ocean View
West Haven, CT
for more information...
June 28, 2008 (sat.) 2-4pm
Cape Cod
Booktalk / Booksigning
Dennis Memorial Library
1020 Old Bass River Road
Dennis, MA 02638
Telephone : 508 385-2255
Guest Speaker "Surviving Cancer"
Booktalk and Luncheon
California State University / Womens Center
August 12, 2008 (tues.) 6:30-8PM
Cape Cod
Booktalk / Booksigning
Tel: 508-896-3913
August 16, 2008 Cape Cod
October 10,11 12, 2008 TBA
October 18, 2008 10am - 2pm (sat.)
Maureen, the owner of Breakwater Books, continues to create a charming and cozy
book nook atmosphere. It was fun to have friends from the neighborhood stop in, visit and buy a book!
Paul set up his paintings while I arranged books and hors d 'hourves with help from our gracious yoga hosts, owner Kimberly Smith, and her husband, Hal. The audience was an attentive and kind group of yoginis and fans. Joan Silverburg helped to make sure everything went smoothly. Riverdog is a place of home and health for so many of us on the shoreline.
Returning to Teachers College for this event was a remarkable experience. Friends, former students, colleagues and cousins turned out to support me. My friend, Martha Colby, played an elegant cello while
I read from my book and participated in a scholarship dedication ceremony for former grad student, Sylvia Jimenez, who passed away from breast cancer in 2003 at the age of 29. We honored Sylvia's memory, greeted her family and celebrated life on this special evening. Further donations may be made in Sylvia's name to the Edward D Mysak Speech and Hearing Center at Teachers College, Columbia U.
Paul and I were guests of Rabbi Brockman and Congregation Mishkan Israel on this sacred night of shared
food, a healing sabbath service and storytelling. About 80 participants were present. I spoke about my healing journey and experience of writing this book, and heard amazing stories of surivorship amidst struggle. What a welcoming experience of community!
Although my mini-golf game is too rusty to mention further, my mom and I had a fabulous time at the LPGA luncheon fundrasier sponsored by Lincoln Mercury. What a thrill to be introduced by veteran LPGA winner and six-time tour winner, Val Skinner, and learn about her multi-million dollar fundrasing efforts for the Komen Foundation and LIFE (LGPA Pros in the Fight to Eradicate Breast Cancer). We also had lunch with a present LPGA tour player, Carin Koch, who offered golf game tips.
My friends hosted a book party for me in the lovely suburbs of Walpole, Mass. I've known this summer circle of friends since I began building sandcastles at low tide on BayView Beach in the 2nd grade. So many of us have been touched by cancer personally. To share and listen to each other's stories from the Miracle Jar would fill a second book...Many thanks to all of the women who attended and cheered me on.
October 6, 2008 6-8pm (mon.)
Booktalk and Booksigning
Hartford Public Library
500 Main St. Hartford CT
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
