Tracy Clark-Flory's MY MOTHER'S DAUGHTER In-Store Event And Book Signing

Join us at Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore on Tuesday, May 5 when author Tracy Clark-Flory comes to the store to present her new book My Mother's Daughter: Finding Myself in My Family's Fractured Past. Tracy will be joined by Alexis Madrigal for the conversation and will sign copies of her book after the presentation.

to preorder a copy of My Mother's Daughter.

Tracy Clark-Flory had a sister out there, somewhere. She knew that her mom, Deb, was sent to a home for unwed mothers as a pregnant teenager in the Sixties. After placing her baby for adoption, Deb was committed to a mental institution in her grief. Decades later, she had Tracy, who grew up as an only child longing for her sister. Now, in her thirties and a mother herself, Tracy takes a DNA test in hopes of finding her sister—and she does.

Newly connected with her half-sister Kathy, both daughters start asking questions about the past that their mom, who had died years earlier, could no longer answer. Tracy sets out to make sense of what happened back in 1965. She learns that their mom was pulled into a racist and sexist system designed to turn “bad girls” into proper women and wives. Tracy realizes that her own life has been profoundly shaped by her mom’s past, but she also uncovers a bigger story about patriarchal control, mother-daughter dynamics, and the way that shame keeps us divided—both within ourselves and from each other.

Blending powerful memoir with cultural criticism, My Mother’s Daughter is a moving, intimate tale of traumatic inheritance and intergenerational healing.

TRACY CLARK-FLORY is a journalist and author of My Mother’s Daughter and Want Me: A Sex Writer's Journey into the Heart of Desire, which New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Traister calls "intimate, challenging, and so very smart.” She has written for Cosmopolitan, Elle, Esquire, Marie Claire, Salon, The Guardian, Jezebel, Wired, Women's Health, and many others. Tracy also writes a weekly newsletter and co-hosts Dire Straights, a feminist podcast critiquing heterosexual love, sex, politics and culture.

ALEXIS MADRIGAL is a journalist in Oakland, California and author of The Pacific Circuit. He's the co-host of KQED’s current affairs show, Forum, and a contributing writer at The Atlantic, where he co-founded The COVID Tracking Project. Previously, he was the editor-in-chief of Fusion and a staff writer at Wired.

THIS EVENT is free but registration is requested. Registration ends at 6:00 pm on May 5.

BECAUSE SEATING is limited, please register only if you plan to attend.

DUE TO SPACE limitations, we may not be able to accommodate every person at an event, so early registration is encouraged.

WALK-INS will be accommodated only if space allows.

WE ASK that attendees arrive between 6:45 and 7:00 PM for the event.

PLEASE leave your non-support companion animals at home.

OUR shared restrooms are not accessible after 6:30 PM, please plan accordingly.

Event Venue

Mrs Dalloway's, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, United States

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