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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Cele Keeper:  book signing and discussion\nEvent Ur
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 d_discussion\nEvent Date Begin: 2010-02-28\nEvent Date End: 2010-02-28\n\n
 Please join Brazos Bookstore for an afternoon with Houston's own Cele Keep
 er\, who will read and sign her memoir. Celebrate the book's release with 
 a glass of wine and toast to the remarkable life of Cele Keeper.\nHer ment
 al marbles still rolling briskly in her ninth decade\, Cele felt compelled
  to write this memoir right now. As a self-appointed General Manager of th
 e Universe\, she thought the benefit of her 80+ years of accrued wisdom\, 
 accompanied by the poor (and yes\, often dumb) choices made along the way\
 , might suggest to others what she grudgingly came to believe: It really i
 s never too late to grow up.\nArmed with a Masters Degree in Social Work e
 arned at age 51\, a late start in the mental health field and a slight twi
 nge of regret\, that of wishing she had known herself better as a younger 
 woman\, Cele began a private practice to help others and a decade or so of
  group psychotherapy to help herself. This book is Cele's telling of her j
 ourney.\n'Cele Keeper's memoir\, It's Never Too Late to Grow Up\, an unfli
 nchingly honest and irreverent history of a life well lived\, is an enthra
 lling read. Ms. Keeper never extinguishes the bright light of her candor. 
 From the death of a beloved child to the vicissitudes of aging\, she is ne
 ver an object of pity. Rather\, to borrow from the hilariously unforgettab
 le quote of Meg Ryan's eavesdropping neighbor in When Harry Met Sally\, &l
 dquo\;I've like to have what she's having!&rdquo\; -- Elizabeth B. Knight\
 , LCSW\, CGP\, Immediate Past President\, American Group Psychotherapy Ass
 ociation\n'Take a very intimate journey with Cele\, through a landscape of
  relationships and a lifetime of personal development. Her observations ti
 ckle and touch\, her frank and playful words evoke discoveries made in mom
 ents small and large\, and love in its many guises is always close at hand
 . She dares to convey important lessons learned over time in psychotherapy
 \, the ones that open us to the other side of our stories about self and o
 thers and that ultimately free us to experience life with greater\nclarity
  and tolerance. This is an inspiring\, thought-provoking and certainly ent
 ertaining memoir.' -- David Hawkins\, MD\, Psychiatrist in Private Practic
 e\n'It's Never Too Late To Grow Up is a wonderful journey into the human e
 xperience through the eyes and wit of an extraordinary person. Short stori
 es ranging from an orangutan at the zoo hurling a 'large wad of tobacco sp
 ittle' on her mother's fur coat to wonderful verses (my favorite: 'This is
  It'\, an ode about Cele's power struggle with her two cats!) create hones
 t moments for self-introspection. You will close this book with a smile an
 d I fully suspect you will learn something about yourself and your own lif
 e's journey.' -- Ira C. Colby\, Professor and Dean\, Graduate College of S
 ocial Work\, University of Houston\n'In this exceptional account\, growing
  up is a fluid and unending process. Keeper's tale of her journey from bei
 ng tied to Mother's Message Board to becoming an elderly butterfly is vivi
 dly and briskly told. In poetry and prose\, she recounts a lifetime of lov
 e\, loss\, and renewal. Her's is a wise\, sad\, funny\, outspoken\, bluntl
 y honest memoir. From personal stories\, she draws general truths about hu
 man development over a lifetime. Keeper proves beyond any reasonable doubt
  that it is never too late to grow up.' -- Gary A. Lloyd Ph.D\, Professor 
 Emeritus\, Tulane University (Social Work)\nCele S. Keeper\, a Texan by bi
 rth and inclination\, came to writing in her seventh decade when she began
  attending creative writing classes. A product of Houston Public Schools a
 nd graduate of the then Rice Institute\, Cele never got very far from home
 . That all changed when she married Sam\, her partner of sixty years\, and
  they resolved to take in and on the world and its treasures. Both are act
 ive locally in community affairs and in the Democratic Party. At the Gradu
 ate College of Social Work at the University of Houston\, they have endowe
 d a Professorship in Peace and Social Justice which is currently held by J
 ody Williams\, winner of the Nobel Peace prize in 1997 for her work in rid
 ding the world of land mines. Cele has also made possible a Lectureship in
  Human Sexuality at the college\, an elective which she taught many years 
 earlier.\nCele describes herself as a theatre nut\, an avid reader\, a C-S
 pan junkie\, a sports lover (professional football\, basketball\, baseball
  and tennis) and a woman who into her eighties is attempting to learn to p
 ace herself\, maybe even slow down a bit\, but there is so much to do and 
 see and partake of\, she admits this may not come to pass.\n\nStart time: 
 3:00pm
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