NPR The Point’s Mindy Todd Interviews Victoria Hopewell

 

NPR Mindy Todd The Point Photo

NPR featured my book Grade A Baby Eggs on The Point with Mindy Todd!  I sat in my first radio studio, wore head phones and talked into the microphone.  I almost didn’t make it on time because I took a train in the wrong direction from Boston and then ran all the way to the bus station to catch the bus to Hyannis on Cape Cod.  I arrived to a picturesque scene of boats, water and quaint restaurants and shops.  Unfortunately, my mad run to catch the departing bus, brought on a coughing fit.  I coughed the entire bus trip so the other riders were passing me their bottles of water and cough drops.  Then when I made my grand debut, I hacked  throughout much of the NPR episode!

HUNTINGTON BOOK REVUE SIGNING

 

Huntington Book Revue Photo

I will be signing  my book Grade A Baby Eggs at the Huntington Book Revue tomorrow Thursday Sept. 30 at 7 pm. The Book Revue has featured presidents, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, actresses, Whoppi Goldberg, Marlo Thomas etc. athletes, Darryl Strawberry, and numerous other famous people.  I am not a celebrity, but I am expected to bring in the crowds. So I will have to dig deep.  First I contacted Huntington possibilities.  I located an old  Huntington friend  who my cousin found her for me on Facebook since they had graduated in the same high school class. I will look forward to reconnecting with her.  Then I found my own Long Island high school friends and relatives.  I need to keep bringing in the bodies.  So everyone is invited and as long as you know someone who is still breathing bring them along!

I WON THE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD!

ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award Photo

MISHAPS EN ROUTE TO A FAMILY OF MY OWN

KIRKUS REVIEWS-Grade A Baby Eggs “Well-written and thoughtful”

Kirkus Reviews said Grade A Baby Eggs: An Infertility Memoir was “well-written and thoughtful…a candid, valuable view of infertility.”  Except I didn’t know what they said because I didn’t open the review.  I was afraid that I would get the Rotten Tomatoes version describing my book as incoherent, infertility rants written at the level of  a fourth grader. I waited until I was in a really good mood before I peeked so hopefully I wouldn’t crash as far. Then I screamed and yelled like I just chose the right door and won the game show. Whether I will get my baby is questionable, but at least I gave birth to a healthy book that received a good Apgar score from Kirkus.