Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue Author Talk

Virtual ticket includes one hardcover copy of book with signed bookplate, shipping fees, and access code/link to Zoom Webinar.

Book Festival in Your Living Room Presents

Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue, discussing their new book, What Makes a Marriage Last: 40 Celebrated Couples Share with Us the Secrets to a Happy Life

with Special Guests Arlene and Alan Alda

Presented in Partnership with the JCCs of Dallas, Indianapolis, Miami, and Rochester, NY

Hosted by Holly Firfer, CNN Journalist

As they approcached their 40^th wedding anniversary, powerhouse celebrity couple Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue wanted to do something special to honor the occasion. The result was a beautiful book, What Makes a Marriage a Last?,  a compelling and intimate collection of intriguing conversations with famous couples about their enduring marriages and how they have made them last through the challenges we all share. The couple crisscrossed the country and conducted conversations with 40 celebrity couples whose long marriages they admired – award-winning actors, athlestes, writers, comedians, newsmakes, and even a former US president and First Lady.

You are invited to join this iconic couple for a Zoom presentation with their special guests, Arlene and Alan Alda, who will be turning the tables and interviewing THEM! You’ll also hear about other powerhouse couples featured in the book, including Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone, Elton John and David Furnish, and Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner to Chip and Joanna Gaines, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan, and even the oldest living married couple in the U.S. What Makes a Marriage Last offers practical and heartfelt wisdom for couples of all ages and a rare glimpse into the lives of husbands and wives we have come to know and love.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

MARLO THOMAS is an award-winning actress, author, and activist whose body of work has earned her four Emmy Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, a Golden Globe, a Grammy, and induction into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame. In 2014, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor a civilian can receive. Marlo is also the National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This is her eighth book.

PHIL DONAHUE is a writer, producer, journalist, and media pioneer who revolutionized the talk-show format. The Donahue show was honored with twenty Daytime Emmys (ten for the show, ten for Outstanding Host), and in 1996, Phil was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to television journalism. He has been inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame and is a recipient of the George Foster Peabody Award.

All books will be shipped from A Cappella Books.