Blooming in Winter: The Story of a Remarkable Twentieth-Century Woman

2286 Cedar Street,Berkeley CA 94709

26 August, 2021

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Blooming in Winter: The Story of a Remarkable Twentieth-Century Woman Blooming in Winter: The Story of a Remarkable Twentieth-Century Woman Author Pam Valois discusses her new biography of Jacomena Maybeck. Thursday, 26 August 2021 The Hillside Club 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley Doors & Book Signing at 6:30 pm Presentation at 7:00 pm – Event Ends at 9:30 pm Reservations Required Vaccinated persons only (Hillside Club Regulation) Facemasks required Tickets: $15; Book: $15 When Pam Valois met her in the 1970s, Jacomena Maybeck was a model of zestful, hands-on living, still tarring roofs and splitting logs at age seventy-seven, and Pam was a young working mother trying to carve out time for creative projects. Pam and her husband rented Jackie’s cottage and eventually, with her blessing, married on the cottage lawn. Their friendship would blossom during Jackie’s winter years. Decades later, after Pam and her husband bought Jackie’s home on Maybeck Twin Drive, Pam found she wanted to know more about her early years: What had shaped and supported this venerable and vibrant woman whom she and her family loved? Blooming in Winter tells this tale. Please join us for an interesting conversation between the author and Berkeley historian Steven Finacom. Books may be purchased when you buy your tickets on Eventbrite and will also be available for sale and signing before and after the presentation.