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Milwaukee: Lunch and Book Signing with Jeannie Gaffigan, Comm '92

Mon, 3 Feb, 2020 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Marquette Mission Week Women's Lunch and Book Signing with Jeannie Gaffigan, Comm '92

This Mission Week, we invite you to join us for lunch with Jeannie Gaffigan, Comm '92, New York Time’s best-selling author of When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People. Jeannie will be interviewed by Dr. Sarah Feldner, acting dean of the Deiderich College of Communication, and will talk about her journey with a life-threatening pear-size brain tumor and how gratitude, faith, family, and humor helped her recover with a new outlook on life. Books will be available for purchase at the luncheon amd for signing by Jeannie Gaffigan.

Monday, Feb. 3

11:30 a.m. Luncheon
1:00 p.m. Book Signing
Alumni Memorial Union, Monaghan Ballroom
1442 W. Wisconsin Ave., Marquette University campus

$20 per person*

Register online today for Marquette Mission Week Women's Lunch and Book Signing with Jeannie Gaffigan.

Direct any questions or special needs to Julie Bach at julie.bach@marquette.edu or (414) 288-4545.

*Note: A portion of your registration fee is a non-refundable, tax-deductible gift to the Backpack Program. The Backpack Program is a free service that provides groceries to any Marquette student who is having difficulty accessing affordable, nutritious food, as well as personal hygiene products.

ABOUT JEANNIE GAFFIGAN:
Jeannie is a director, producer and comedy writer. She co-wrote seven comedy specials with her husband Jim Gaffigan, the last four of which received Grammy nominations. Jeannie was the head writer and executive producer of the critically acclaimed The Jim Gaffigan Show, which was loosely based on her and Jim's life. She collaborated with Jim on two New York Times bestsellers, Dad Is Fat and Food: A Love Story. Jeannie, with the help of her two eldest children and some other crazy moms, created The Imagine Society, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that connects youth-led service groups. Most impressively, she grew a tumor on her brain stem roughly the size of pear. Jeannie presently lives in New York City with her five children, two dogs, and one “superdad” husband, Jim Gaffigan.

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