Linda Grace Perillo will be at the shop on October 8th reading her book Your Payment Method Has Been Declined from 7-8pm!
About the Book
“In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade. And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame... I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains.”
Linda was two years old when Simon and Garfunkel released her mantra, from their hit, “The Boxer,” she would carry through her mid-life crisis.
But, it’s not the mid-life crisis you could ever imagine from this Italian-American author, mom of eight and daughter of travel mogel, Mario Perillo. No cars, no clothes, no pool boy. And absolutely no money.
Inspired by very unpredicted mishaps in what should have been a picture perfect privileged life, she penned “Your Payment Method Has Been Declined,” revealing all that could go wrong, did go wrong, even when you get dressed, wear heels and have amazing contour with highlight. Every lesson in life is for a reason, even when the depths of darkness seem to swallow you... Linda puts it on the table to share and be shared and lift each other when you think someone has it all going on... they probably don’t.
JUGGLING PARENTHOOD AND REMEMBERING NO MATTER WHAT THEY TELL YOU... IT’S NOT ALWAYS A BUNDLE OF JOY.
Linda has learned what to let go, what to perseverate and when to close the door to a messy room. The audience will learn from the pro how to navigate the good, the ugly and the in between and talk about what nobody ever talks about on social media. Let’s just get honest.
About the Author
Your Payment Method Has Been Declined begins with what Linda feels is the genesis of everything in her life...motherhood and the birth of her first son, Devin, in 1995. At the time, her mother was dying from breast cancer and would live only five weeks after his birth. It was a marker for “how the hell am I going to do this without mommy,” to “how the hell did I do this without mommy and daddy...” eight kids later.
No topic is off topic for this from the soul, gut-wrenching purge about the grief encompassing divorce, the loss of her parents, her brother, and her freedom through the shackles of a trust left by her father, the trustees and the shame and humiliation that took it’s toll. Oh, and the kidney lost through cancer and the detached achilles that grounded her for almost a year.
Linda brings humor and honesty to even the most grim of circumstances and relies on her Catholic faith and a lot of saints to heal her. Empathy... the gift that was never expected and the reasons for life horrors that shroud themselves in wolf’s clothing are really a gift from the Magi years later.
Aren’t you Mario Perillo’s daughter?
Yes, I am...don’t ever judge a book by its cover.