Featured Interview With Suzanne Maggio
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am a social worker, teacher and writer.
I’m the granddaughter of Italian immigrants, which means I’m passionate…. about almost everything.
I grew up in New Jersey eating sweet corn, going ‘down the shore’ and listening to Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny.
I learned to drive a stick shift as a freshman at Boston College.
After I graduated I ran away from home (kind of) and landed in California by way of Montana
Where I got married and raised two amazing young men, a number of dogs, guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens and fish.
I love sports, especially baseball, which is a lot like life.
And I always root for the underdog.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always loved stories. My mother read to my siblings and I until we could read ourselves. I grew up on Nancy Drew and then later on Sue Grafton and Patricia Cornwall. Now I read mostly memoir and novels. I’ve written most of my life but got serious about it about ten years ago when I started a blog called The Bottom of the Ninth.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
There’s so many! I love compelling, well written memoir. I especially like Dani Shapiro’s work. Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes. Educated, by Tara Westover. I’m also a sucker for books set in Italy.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
The Cardinal Club – A Daughter’s Journey to Acceptance is the story of a daughter’s efforts to make amends with her mother following her death from Alzheimer’s disease.
As her mother’s memory fades and she can no longer recognize her daughter, the daughter struggles to reconcile the memory of her mother with a relationship that often left her feeling disconnected and alone. The book pays particular attention to the relationship between the daughter and her dynamic, Medici-esque matriarch mother, who raises her daughter in her own image. As the daughter grows and begins to branch out in order to find her own identity, she faces the challenge of separating from a mother who refuses to see her for who she is and in so doing, withholds her acceptance. And although the daughter’s life is filled with many successes; a successful career, a husband, children and a comfortable home, it is her mother’s acceptance that she most longs for, never giving up hope that someday she will earn what she most desires.
It is an openhearted, deeply compassionate story about facing difficult truths and a journey that leads, unexpectedly, to discovering unconditional love.
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