Did I Ever Tell You? by Genevieve Kingston

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Did I Ever Tell You? by Genevieve Kingston

Memoir | Biography | Nonfiction
Length: 288 Pages (Hardcover)
Audiobook: 7 Hours, 10 Minutes
Published: 2024
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About Did I Ever Tell You?

Did I Ever Tell You? by Genevieve Kingston is published by Marysue Rucci Books (Simon & Schuster).

Did I Ever Tell You?: Publisher’s Description

Based on her “Modern Love” piece (“She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box“), this extraordinary memoir tells the astonishing story of a mother’s last gifts to her daughter, and the wisdom and love she bestowed upon her from beyond the grave.

Genevieve (Gwen) Kingston’s mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer when Gwen was just three years old. Defying the odds, she lived another eight years – during which time she filled a chest with gifts and letters to Gwen and her brother, Jamie, for every major milestone and birthday through age thirty. The day Gwen got her driver’s license. The day she graduated from high school. Gwen is now in her thirties and, when Did I Ever Tell You? begins, three unopened boxes remain: engagement, marriage, and first baby. Two decades after her passing, Gwen’s mother’s extraordinary efforts created a lifelong conversation beyond the grave.

Did I Ever Tell You? is Crying in H Mart meets The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs. This is not just a gorgeously written mother-daughter story. It’s also the story of a family riven by grief and mental illness, and a story of a young woman’s navigation through both. It’s a book about family and legacy; and it’s one that emphatically declares, as Gwen’s mother does in a particularly powerful letter, that “Love is stronger than death.”

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About Genevieve Kingston

Did I Ever Tell You? is written by Genevieve Kingston.

Born and raised in the California Bay Area, Genevieve now lives in Brooklyn. She holds dual citizenship in the US and UK. A graduate of UC Berkeley with degrees in Linguistics and Performance Studies, Genevieve has always loved language and storytelling. She earned her MFA in acting at Brown University/Trinity Rep where she received the David Wickham Prize for Playwriting. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Modern Love column, and her plays have been performed at The Flea Theatre, White Heron Theatre Co., HB Studio and FaultLine Theater.Her first book, Did I Ever Tell You?: A Memoir, comes out with Marysue Rucci Books in April of 2024.
Genevieve Kingston (2024)

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