A Reading and Conversation with Marian Frances White


Date: Jan 23
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Where: Theatre

In Her Glory is Marian Frances White’s homage to her mother, Florence. This journey in short prose and poetry reveals the grit, resiliency, and resourcefulness of a woman who raised 12 children through the early years of Confederation.

White revisits and explores her younger years growing up in Carbonear, Newfoundland, with the underlying premise that women who raised huge families are our unsung heroines. White celebrates her mother’s contribution to our culture and world, giving Florence a voice while finding her own. Deeply rooted in Newfoundland experience and culture, In Her Glory sheds light on a way of life that has all but disappeared.

Tickets: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms Members. Get your tickets online or by calling (709)757-8090. 

An in conversation and Q&A will follow. Books will be available for purchase at The Rooms Giftshop.

About the Author:

Marian Frances White has spent her creative life telling women’s stories as an author, filmmaker, poet, biographer, and journalist. White is a past recipient of ArtsNL’s Artist of the Year award and the Lifetime Achievement Circle of Distinction Award by the YWCA. She lives and writes in St. John's with her Oli cat and the forever wonderful Beni Malone.

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