Join us for a conversation and signing with John D. Spooner, author of WAKE UP, and Margaret Boles Fitzgerald!About this Event
About the Book:
Wake Up is John D. Spooner's love letter to the women in his life, from childhood to last week. These are women who have educated, mentored, inspired and even loved him, changing his life in many ways because of their special talents and practical solutions for life's problems, great and small. It has been their empathy, compassion, and understanding, their kindness and humor that have made him better, more successful and happier than he could ever be.
About the Author: John D. Spooner is the only investment advisor/novelist in America. His bestselling nonfiction includes Do You Want to Make Money or Would You Rather Fool Around?, Confessions of a Stockbroker, Smart People, and Sex and Money. His novels include Class and The Foursome. His articles appear in magazines such as Playboy, Town and Country, The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Time, and The Boston Globe. A recent book, No One Ever Told Us That: Money and Life Letters to My Grandchildren has been a Boston Globe #1 bestseller, and #2 on Amazon’s bestselling business books list, and is published in Korea, Japan, China, and in Arabic. Its sequel, for the Millennials, is No One Ever Told Us That: Money and Life Lessons for Young Adults.
About the Moderator: Margaret Boles Fitzgerald served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Henry Luce Foundation from June 2002 until June 2022 and currently serves as Director. She is a communications/writing consultant in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, specializing in philanthropy, and currently serves as Communications Consultant for Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. For 30 years, Fitzgerald worked at Hill, Holliday Advertising, where she directed the company's philanthropic endeavors, both locally and nationally, as Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Community Relations. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Brookline Bank, WBUR/90.9 FM/NPR, and the Roy T. Morgan Foundation (Rhode Island) and is Chair of the American Art Committee at the Harvard Art Museums.
Event Venue
71 Charles St, 71 Charles Street, Boston, United States
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