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Irish Death Cleaning in Paris
a memoir
Susan Brady Konig
In this memoir of grief, croissants and midlife, motherhood humor writer Susan Brady Konig realizes that her own mother couldn’t love her. To underscore the point, Mom wrote it all down, then died, leaving behind thousands of pages of vitriol for Susan to discover. The obligation to deal with this emotional dumpster fire is dubbed “Irish Death Cleaning.” Distressed at her inability to mourn, Susan runs away from her life in New York City to revisit her birthplace, Paris, hoping to connect with a time and place where her mother may have once loved her.
Back in the City of Light, she is body-shamed for her large feet, nearly arrested, and caught in a fruit market standoff with a supermodel. Gallic hilarity collides with memories of childhood heartbreak, as Susan navigates the depths of grief and explores her own capacity for joy.
Coming October 27
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Susan Brady Konig is the founder and president of the independent imprint Willow Street Press, curating and producing ten titles over six years with bestselling success. Genres range from inspirational personal narrative to humor to fictional rich people behaving badly.
Susan is the author of a bestselling memoir series. Her first book Why Animals Sleep So Close to the Road (and Other Lies I Tell My Children) (St. Martin’s Press) was called "hilarious, brilliant" by USA Today. Her follow-up I Wear the Maternity Pants in This Family (St. Martin’s Press) was described as “a witty collection of motherhood tales” by Publishers Weekly. Her third book, Teenagers & Toddlers Are Trying to Kill Me! (Willow Street Press) was the #1 Mother’s Day Parade Pick in Parade magazine in 2015.
Susan publishes a Substack column called Life in the 60s about everyday feats at midlife.